The file PATCH.EXE is a PC binary executable version of the UNIX-style patch program. A brief help message can be obtained by invoking it as "PATCH -?". The file PATCH.UU is a uuencoded (ascii) version of the same file. Use uudecode to convert it into PATCH.EXE. These are UNSUPPORTED routines, provided only for your possible convenience. They are not necessary for upgrading the PC versions of Numerical Recipes. (Instead use the self-extracting PC patches, found elsewhere in this file tree, directly on the original archive files from the Numerical Recipes PC diskette.)