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diff --git a/move-if-change b/move-if-change
index ff74a556d2d..e7ba25e3127 100755
--- a/move-if-change
+++ b/move-if-change
@@ -2,21 +2,82 @@
# Like mv $1 $2, but if the files are the same, just delete $1.
# Status is zero if successful, nonzero otherwise.
-usage="$0: usage: $0 SOURCE DEST"
+VERSION='2011-01-28 20:09'; # UTC
+# The definition above must lie within the first 8 lines in order
+# for the Emacs time-stamp write hook (at end) to update it.
+# If you change this file with Emacs, please let the write hook
+# do its job. Otherwise, update this string manually.
-case $# in
-2) ;;
-*) echo "$usage" >&2; exit 1;;
-esac
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2007, 2009-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-for arg in "$1" "$2"; do
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+usage="usage: $0 SOURCE DEST"
+
+help="$usage
+ or: $0 OPTION
+If SOURCE is different than DEST, then move it to DEST; else remove SOURCE.
+
+ --help display this help and exit
+ --version output version information and exit
+
+The variable CMPPROG can be used to specify an alternative to \`cmp'.
+
+Report bugs to <bug-gnulib@gnu.org>."
+
+version=`expr "$VERSION" : '\([^ ]*\)'`
+version="move-if-change (gnulib) $version
+Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
+This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law."
+
+cmpprog=${CMPPROG-cmp}
+
+for arg
+do
case $arg in
- -*) echo "$usage" >&2; exit 1;;
+ --help | --hel | --he | --h)
+ exec echo "$help" ;;
+ --version | --versio | --versi | --vers | --ver | --ve | --v)
+ exec echo "$version" ;;
+ --)
+ shift
+ break ;;
+ -*)
+ echo "$0: invalid option: $arg" >&2
+ exit 1 ;;
+ *)
+ break ;;
esac
done
-if test -r "$2" && cmp -s "$1" "$2"; then
- rm -f "$1"
+test $# -eq 2 || { echo "$0: $usage" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+if test -r "$2" && $cmpprog -- "$1" "$2" >/dev/null; then
+ rm -f -- "$1"
else
- mv -f "$1" "$2"
+ if mv -f -- "$1" "$2"; then :; else
+ # Ignore failure due to a concurrent move-if-change.
+ test -r "$2" && $cmpprog -- "$1" "$2" >/dev/null && rm -f -- "$1"
+ fi
fi
+
+## Local Variables:
+## eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
+## time-stamp-start: "VERSION='"
+## time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d %02H:%02M"
+## time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC"
+## time-stamp-end: "'; # UTC"
+## End: