RE: Diff for generic readme and generic-build script

2003-11-21 Thread Alan Miles
-- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 19, 2003 11:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Diff for generic readme and generic-build script Alan, The bug with 'sed -i' was that if it's unable to write to (or, rather, "creat")

RE: Diff for generic readme and generic-build script

2003-11-19 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
%.README.tmp file in its listing. > > Which solution would be your preference? (Unless you have another one of > course ...) > > Alan > > -Original Message- > From: Alan Miles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: November 18, 2003 19:05 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

RE: Diff for generic readme and generic-build script

2003-11-18 Thread Alan Miles
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Diff for generic readme and generic-build script On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Alan Miles wrote: > [snip] > 7/ Note: the -i option to sed (quoting the man page for sed): > >-i[suffix], --in-place[=suffix] >edit files in place (makes

RE: Diff for generic readme and generic-build script

2003-11-18 Thread Alan Miles
EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Diff for generic readme and generic-build script On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Alan Miles wrote: > [snip] > 7/ Note: the -i option to sed (quoting the man page for sed): > >-i[suffix], --in-place[=suffix] >edit files in place (makes backup if extension

Re: Diff for generic readme and generic-build script

2003-11-18 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Alan Miles wrote: > [snip] > 7/ Note: the -i option to sed (quoting the man page for sed): > >-i[suffix], --in-place[=suffix] >edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied) > >Extended sed command: > >`e [COMMAND]' > This command allows one