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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Peer Review File/Folder Script Post 302683887 by agama on Wednesday 8th of August 2012 08:57:31 PM
Old 08-08-2012
I would add some error checking. Ensuring that your mkdir was successful when creating your backup directory, and that your backups were created successfully are important. If you care enough to create a backup, you should care enough to make sure that there wasn't a reported error. If you are paranoid, you could md5sum the current file, and md5sum the backup; even if cp reports OK, I have seen cases where the new copy wasn't good.

Another thing that you might need to consider is if any of the files being installed are binaries you will probably have to deal with "text file busy" conditions. Easiest way is to move the destination file away, and then copy the new file in.
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install

INSTALL(1)							   User Commands							INSTALL(1)

NAME

       ginstall - copy files and set attributes

SYNOPSIS

       install [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST		 (1st format)
       install [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY	 (2nd format)
       install -d [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...	 (3rd format)

DESCRIPTION

       In  the	first  two  formats,  copy  SOURCE  to	DEST  or  multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and
       owner/group.  In the third format, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file

       -b     like --backup but does not accept an argument

       -c     (ignored)

       -C     Install file, unless target already exists and is the same as the new file, in which case the modification time won't be changed.

       -d, --directory
	      treat all arguments as directory names; create all components of the specified directories

       -D     create all leading components of DEST except the last, then copy SOURCE to DEST;	useful in the 1st format

       -g, --group=GROUP
	      set group ownership, instead of process' current group

       -m, --mode=MODE
	      set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of rwxr-xr-x

       -o, --owner=OWNER
	      set ownership (super-user only)

       -p, --preserve-timestamps
	      apply access/modification times of SOURCE files to corresponding destination files

       -s, --strip
	      strip symbol tables, only for 1st and 2nd formats

       -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix

       -v, --verbose
	      print the name of each directory as it is created

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       The backup suffix is `~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.  The version control method may be selected	via  the  --backup
       option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:

       none, off
	      never make backups (even if --backup is given)

       numbered, t
	      make numbered backups

       existing, nil
	      numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise

       simple, never
	      always make simple backups

AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for install is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and install programs	are  properly  installed  at  your
       site, the command

	      info install

       should give you access to the complete manual.

install (coreutils) 4.5.3					   October 2002 							INSTALL(1)
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