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* cdisplay.c: Additional programming notes.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:15:23 -0500
parents 5e50f25f245a
children 1bca6c72d2b1
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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