Igor, With this change I discovered a very subtle problem - the files listed will show two entries instead of one for the README:
/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/%PKG%.README /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/%PKG%.README.tmp This is due to the way where I redirected the file to. There are two solutions: 1/ Put the redirected temp file under /tmp, i.e., /tmp/%PKG%.README and then doing a 'mv -f /tmp/%PKG%.README /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/%PKG%.README'. The listing won't be affected since before and after will contain the same file name. 2/ Adjusting the find command to filter-out the /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/%PKG%.README.tmp file in its listing. Which solution would be your preference? (Unless you have another one of course ...) Alan -----Original Message----- From: Alan Miles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 18, 2003 19:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Diff for generic readme and generic-build script Igor, Fixed the script patch as per your comment about -i. The `e [COMMAND]' is still valid, as replacing it with 'r -' did not work. Alan -----Original Message----- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 18, 2003 13:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Diff for generic readme and generic-build script On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Alan Miles wrote: > [snip] > 7/ Note: the -i option to sed (quoting the man page for sed): > > -i[suffix], --in-place[=suffix] > edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied) > > Extended sed command: > > `e [COMMAND]' > This command allows one to pipe input from a shell command into > pattern space. Without parameters, the `e' command executes the > command that is found in pattern space and replaces the pattern > space with the output; a trailing new-line is suppressed. > > If a parameter is specified, instead, the `e' command interprets > it as a command and sends it to the output stream (like `r' does). > The command can run across multiple lines, all but the last > ending with a back-slash. > > In both cases, the results are undefined if the command to be > executed contains a NUL character. > > These together constitute the operation of the modifications. Note: the -i option to sed is buggy, as it will go into an infinite loop if /tmp is not writable (which does happen occasionally with Cygwin). It's better to use explicit redirection and renaming instead. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
