topic Difference between .ATT and .PAT? in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference-between-att-and-pat/m-p/2247656#M485418 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>&lt;b&gt;While downloading support packages, the files are downloaded with these extension .ATT and .PAT???&lt;/b&gt;</P><P></P><P>I would like to know the purpose of each extension and why are they used?</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 12 May 2007 01:20:26 GMT Former Member 2007-05-12T01:20:26Z Difference between .ATT and .PAT? https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference-between-att-and-pat/m-p/2247656#M485418 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>&lt;b&gt;While downloading support packages, the files are downloaded with these extension .ATT and .PAT???&lt;/b&gt;</P><P></P><P>I would like to know the purpose of each extension and why are they used?</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 12 May 2007 01:20:26 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference-between-att-and-pat/m-p/2247656#M485418 Former Member 2007-05-12T01:20:26Z Re: Difference between .ATT and .PAT? https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference-between-att-and-pat/m-p/2247657#M485419 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Rakesh</P><P></P><P>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.</P><P>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.</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>krishna</P><P>Note: Award Points if usefule</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 12 May 2007 07:11:11 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference-between-att-and-pat/m-p/2247657#M485419 Former Member 2007-05-12T07:11:11Z