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mkdoc.pl: Tweaks to make code easier to understand for non-Perl experts. * mkdoc.pl: Use label when short-circuiting out of loop with next. Use GNU indendation style for if blocks. Explicitly use variable $_ in foreach loop for those unaware of Perl's default variable.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:16:27 -0700
parents b67c2d580a25
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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 $1 $2 > /dev/null; then
    echo $2 is unchanged
    rm -f $1
  else
    mv -f $1 $2
  fi
else
  mv -f $1 $2
fi