From: Randal L. Schwartz Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:08:35 GMT Subject: Re: Diffs from CVS keyword expansion Message-ID: <86irgpl4kc.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <20061206100514.GA7126@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> >>>>> "Uwe" == Uwe Kleine-Koenig writes: Uwe> One thing I don't like about both scripts is, that the timestamp of Uwe> a file changes with that, even if there are no changes. Anyone knows Uwe> another predefined variable/trick that doesn't hurt performance (and Uwe> readability) too much? You have to do two passes, or a pass-and-a-half, and do the rename/rewrite based on whether anything changed. "Just a few more lines of code." :) If it's really important, I can be coaxed to dig it up. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc.