Andreas Vox wrote:
> < > Doesn't resolve symlinks on Mac
> <
> < and I repeat: this script is to be used to move .fig files into the
> temp directory only. The worst case is that the directories are flagged
> as different and so 'sed' is used rather than 'cp'. Explain to me why
> that is a problem in real life rather than in some hypothetical
> situation.
>
> Sorry, I didn't want to upset you.
I wasn't upset.
> Also I didn't realize it was about the
> choice between sed and cp, I didn't read the patch. I thought it was
> about not accidently overwriting some files.
Ach! Should I test for that? Hmmm. As it stands the script will overwrite
an existing "$2" if 'sed' is used and will not if 'cp' is used. I guess
I'll change that to
'cp' -f "$1" "$2"
> < Why am I being a PITA? Because 'pwd -[PL]' is a bash shell built-in,
> not a < POSIX command that comes with each and every *nix box. Examples
> < that don't implement '-L': FreeBSD, Tru64 Unix.
>
> Nor SunOS, but it ignores these arguments.
>
> I'm sure you are better informed about POSIX standards than me :-)
I'm only as informed as google enables me to be.
> All I can do is test some script on MacOSX to see if it works or check a
> manpage, for other Unices others have more experience.
>
> Settled then?
Sure. Thanks for all the feedback.
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Angus
