Re: suggestion - diff + patch

[Paul Eggert]

Stefanos Harhalakis <address@hidden> writes:

> I believe that it should have an option to compare 
> source and destination files before replacing the destination.

I like the basic idea, and have been using a wrapper like yours for many years.
But doesn't the implementation have to be more complicated than that?

For example, suppose the destination already exists, and has the proper
contents, but has the wrong ownership?  Or suppose the destination
is supposed to be stripped?  Or a backup was supposed to be made?  Etc.