This means that you can send only the data that you want to update, leaving the rest intact.

/// note

`PATCH` is less commonly used and known than `PUT`.

And many teams use only `PUT`, even for partial updates.

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    private byte[] tmp = new byte[1];

    SmbFile file;

    private boolean largeReadX;

    private final boolean unsharedFile;

    private boolean smb2;

    /**
     * Creates an input stream for reading from the specified SMB URL
     *
     * @param url the SMB URL to read from
     * @param tc
     *            context to use
     * @throws SmbException if an SMB error occurs

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package jcifs.config;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.util.Properties;

import jcifs.CIFSException;
import jcifs.Configuration;

/**
 * Configuration implementation reading the classic jcifs settings from properties
 *
 * @author mbechler
 */
public final class PropertyConfiguration extends BaseConfiguration implements Configuration {

     * to support prefix and suffix matching in search operations.
     *
     * @param query the query string to wrap with wildcards
     * @return the wrapped query string with leading and trailing asterisks
     */
    protected static String wrapQuery(final String query) {
        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        if (!query.startsWith("*")) {
            sb.append("*");
        }