>> Figured out myself, sorry for the noise. It has to do with the exit >> status of the `diff', which is 1 if the files are different. So I use >> the pipe through `cat'. > > Useless use of cat...
At least the return status is zero. But I agree with you, a colon is better here. This is my first use of a `:' btw. I never had case before. -- Thanks, Oliver