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Old 05-26-2009
edgarvm edgarvm is offline
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This could be useful
Code:
#!/bin/sh
cd dist
for a in `ls`; do
   
   if [ ! -f "../dist_old/$a" ]; then
       continue
   fi
   diff $a ../dist_old/$a > /dev/null
   if [[ "$?" == "1" ]]; then
      cp $a ../dist_upgrade
   fi
done
Last edited by edgarvm; 05-26-2009 at 07:35 PM..