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(Example Methods, Direct Functions, Indirect Functions) (Common Variables): Give precedence to the netcat methods over the telnet methods, and mention that they are more reliable.
author Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
date Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:37:22 +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