DESCRIPTION
    This operation applies an interim patch to an ORACLE_HOME from
    the current directory. The patch location can specified using
    the parameter patch_location.

SYNTAX
opatch apply  [ -force ] 
              [-init <parameters for the init script in escaped double
               quotes> [-opatch_init_end] ]
              [-jre <LOC> ] [-no_bug_superset ] 
	      [-no_relink] [-oh <ORACLE_HOME> ] 
              [-post <parameters for the post script in escaped
               quotes> [-opatch_post_end] ] 
              [-pre <parameters for the
               pre script in escaped double quotes> [-opatch_pre_end] ]
              [-property_file <Path to property file>] 
              [-silent ][-verbose ] [ <Patch Location> ]

OPTIONS
       
       -force
              If a conflict exist which prevents the patch from being
              applied, the -force flag can be used to apply the patch.
              OPatch will remove all the conflicting patches before
              applying the current patch. The -force flag could also be 
              used to overide product,version match check from the patch's 
              inventory file with that of product.xml (if present) in 
              Oracle Home

       -init
              This option is used to pass parameters to the init
              script. This script is executed before prerequisite checks
              are run. The value for this option have to be enclosed
              in double quotes.
              
       -jre
              This option tells OPatch to use JRE (java) from the
              specified location instead of the default location
              under Oracle Home.

       -no_bug_superset
              This option tells OPatch to error out if the current
              patch's bugs-to-fix is a super-set (or same set) of an
              installed patch's bugs-fixed in the Oracle Home.

       -no_relink
              The nolink option does not perform any make operations.
              This option can be used during multiple patch
              applications and perform the linking step only once.
              OPatch does not keep track of the make operations it
              did not perform. It is the job of the OPatch users to
              make sure the execute OPatch without this option at
              the end, so that compilation happens once

       -oh
              The oracle home to work on. This takes precedence over
              the environment variable ORACLE_HOME

       -opatch_init_end
              This option is used to mark the end of init options.
              Without this option everything after init till end of
              the command is passed into init. This option is
              meaningless without -init option.

       -opatch_post_end
              This option is used to mark the end of post options.
              Without this option everything after post till end of
              the command is passed into post. This option is
              meaningless without -post option.

       -opatch_pre_end
              This option is used to mark the end of pre options.
              Without this option everything after pre till end of
              the command is passed into pre. This option is
              meaningless without -pre option.

       -post
              This option is used to pass parameters to the post script.
              This script is executed after application of the patch.
              The value for this option have to be enclosed in double
              quotes.

       -pre
              This option is used to pass parameters to the pre
              script. This script is executed before application of
              the patch. The value for this option have to be enclosed
              in double quotes.

       -property_file
              The user defined property file for OPatch to use. The
              path to the property file should be absolute. This
              property file takes precedence over the one that is
              supplied with OPatch

       -report
              Just prints out the actions without executing

       -silent
              This suppresses any user-interaction

       -verbose
              This option prints more OPatch output to the screen as
              well as to the log file
           

PARAMETERS
      Patch Location
              Path to the location for the patch. If the patch
              location is not specified, then the current directory
              is taken as the patch location.
