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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1999-06-18 21:01:28 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1999-06-18 21:01:28 +0000
commit7f57c74e2b24831055b80716e2842586076c9c44 (patch)
tree80ef81335944d6eba7715d6128f417c2082c4452 /move-if-change
parent3d56942d92a9d0e92b3c1ef8bb748bdb1eca9a77 (diff)
1999-06-17 Roland McGrath <roland@baalperazim.frob.com>
* move-if-change: New file, canonical GNU script.
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Like mv $1 $2, but if the files are the same, just delete $1.
+# Status is 0 if $2 is changed, 1 otherwise.
+if
+test -r $2
+then
+if
+cmp -s $1 $2
+then
+echo $2 is unchanged
+rm -f $1
+else
+mv -f $1 $2
+fi
+else
+mv -f $1 $2
+fi