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simplify rules for building DOCSTRING files (bug #47745) * libinterp/module.mk, scripts/module.mk: Don't create separate .DOCSTRINGS file. Create DOCSTRINGS files in $(srcdir). Use move-if-change to avoid rebuilding docs in tarball distribution.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:44:38 -0400
parents 1bca6c72d2b1
children 85af7ddb6f29
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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 1>&2
    rm -f $1
  else
    mv -f $1 $2
  fi
else
  mv -f $1 $2
fi