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Add S_ISBLK and family of functions to documentation. Improve docstrings for functions in System Utilities::File Utilities.
author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
date Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:28:38 -0800
parents 12ff450cbb1f
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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