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... } perms(){ # Keep same perms on $1.new: if [ -e "$1" ]; then cp -a "$1" "$1".new.incoming cat "$1".new > "$1".new.incoming mv "$1".new.incoming "$1".new fi config "$1".new } perms etc/rc.d/rc.g15daemon perms etc/rc.d/rc.g15daemon.conf