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(Defining Functions): Explain about redefining primitives. (Function Safety): Renamed. Minor changes. Comment out the detailed criteria for what is safe.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Mon, 30 Jun 2003 10:40:27 +0000
parents 354e0c45cedf
children 14a97ab281d5
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#!/bin/sh
if
test -r $2
then
if
cmp $1 $2 > /dev/null
then
echo $2 is unchanged
rm -f $1
else
mv -f $1 $2
fi
else
mv -f $1 $2
fi