Reject File Names ================= The names for reject files (files containing patches that `patch' could not find a place to apply) are normally the name of the output file with `.rej' appended (or `#' on systems that do not support long file names). Alternatively, you can tell `patch' to place all of the rejected patches in a single file. The `-r REJECT-FILE' or `--reject-file=REJECT-FILE' option uses REJECT-FILE as the reject file name.