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(file-modes-char-to-who, file-modes-char-to-right) (file-modes-rights-to-number): Auxiliary functions for symbolic to numeric notation of file modes. (file-modes-symbolic-to-number): New. Convert symbolic modes to its numeric value. (read-file-modes): New. Read either an octal value of a file mode or a symbolic value, and return its numeric value.

#!/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