view build-aux/move-if-change @ 22761:708a4fcb7382 stable release-4-2-0

Version 4.2.0 released. * configure.ac: Bump version to 4.2.0. (OCTAVE_PATCH_VERSION): Set to 0. (OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE): Update.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Sun, 13 Nov 2016 10:20:59 -0500
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