--- "Lars J. Aas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 06:57:33AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> : --- Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : > I made an archive file named "configure" that contains
> : > a shar archive of the generated files. It runs, recreating
> : > the generated files, deletes itself and then runs autoconf.
> : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NOT PORTABLE.
> :
> : Not all environments will allow you to delete an open file. A file that
> : tries to delete itself will fail on such an environment.
>
> How about mv'ing itself out of the way (to configure.bak or something
> similar)?
>
Can't do that either. A mv is a cp && rm.
Earnie.
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