#!/bin/sh config() { NEW="$1" OLD="`dirname $NEW`/`basename $NEW .new`" # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over: if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then mv $NEW $OLD elif [ "`cat $OLD | md5sum`" = "`cat $NEW | md5sum`" ]; then # toss the redundant copy rm $NEW fi # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider... } config etc/rc.d/rc.samba.new # This won't be needed. The point here is to preserve the permissions of the existing # file, if there is one. I don't see major new development happening in rc.samba... ;-) rm -f etc/rc.d/rc.samba.new