On 22/03/10 10:37, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 22/03/10 03:26, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> Right. So the logic would be something like: > > Here is a tested `replace` script which is backwards > compatible (non atomically) with older coreutils.
Grr, there is a replace util that comes with mysql-server :( http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/dapper/en/man1/replace.1.html So that probably means we need to go with a different name. `inplace` is the next best one I can think of which at least mirrors the well known sed --in-place and perl -i options. Also as Jim previously mentioned, the script would benefit from passing --backup onto cp/mv. cheers, Pádraig.
