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Difference between .ATT and .PAT?

Former Member

‎05-12-2007 2:20 AM

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<b>While downloading support packages, the files are downloaded with these extension .ATT and .PAT???</b>

I would like to know the purpose of each extension and why are they used?

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Former Member

‎05-12-2007 8:11 AM

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Rakesh

the ATT file contains attributes for the patch (name, version of SAP basis it can be applied to, etc.), the PAT file contains the patch itself.

If you apply a patch using SPAM, the contents of the PAT file will be extracted (disassembled) to your transport directory. SPAM will trigger the necessary steps to import the patch.

Regards

krishna

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