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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting [Beginner] Handle Files Post 302157270 by fpmurphy on Thursday 10th of January 2008 03:26:14 PM
Old 01-10-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by DNAx86
Thank you, it works,

but can I do it in another way?
Code:
if [ -s file ]
then
  echo "File is not empty"
else
  echo "File is empty"
fi

or

Code:
if [[ -s file ]]
then
  echo "File is not empty"
else
  echo "File is empty"
fi

 

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XDIFF_FILE_BPATCH(3)							 1						      XDIFF_FILE_BPATCH(3)

xdiff_file_bpatch - Patch a file with a binary diff

SYNOPSIS
bool xdiff_file_bpatch (string $file, string $patch, string $dest) DESCRIPTION
Patches a $file with a binary $patch and stores the result in a file $dest. This function accepts patches created both via xdiff_file_bdiff(3) and xdiff_file_rabdiff(3) functions or their string counterparts. PARAMETERS
o $file - The original file. o $patch - The binary patch file. o $dest - Path of the resulting file. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. EXAMPLES
Example #1 xdiff_file_bpatch(3) example The following code applies binary diff to a file. <?php $old_version = 'archive-1.0.tgz'; $patch = 'archive.bpatch'; $result = xdiff_file_bpatch($old_version, $patch, 'archive-1.1.tgz'); if ($result) { echo "File patched"; } else { echo "File couldn't be patched"; } ?> NOTES
Note Both files ($file and $patch) will be loaded into memory so ensure that your memory_limit is set high enough. SEE ALSO
xdiff_file_bdiff(3), xdiff_file_rabdiff(3). PHP Documentation Group XDIFF_FILE_BPATCH(3)
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