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+#!/bin/bash
+# I, Ian Kelling, follow the GNU license recommendations at
+# https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html. They
+# recommend that small programs, < 300 lines, be licensed under the
+# Apache License 2.0. This file contains or is part of one or more small
+# programs. If a small program grows beyond 300 lines, I plan to change
+# to a recommended GPL license.
+
+# Copyright 2024 Ian Kelling
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# update file.
+#
+# sets $ur aka "u result" to true if file modified or false if not.
+# updates $reload to true if file updated is in /etc/systemd/system
+#
+u() {
+ local tmp tmpdir dest="$1"
+ local base="${dest##*/}"
+ local dir="${dest%/*}"
+ if [[ $dir != "$base" ]]; then
+ # dest has a directory component
+ mkdir -p "$dir"
+ fi
+ # shellcheck disable=SC2034 # see comment at top of function
+ ur=false # u result
+ tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+ cat >$tmpdir/"$base"
+ tmp=$(rsync -ic $tmpdir/"$base" "$dest")
+ if [[ $tmp ]]; then
+ printf "%s\n" "$tmp"
+ # shellcheck disable=SC2034 # intentional
+ ur=true
+ if [[ $dest == /etc/systemd/system/* ]]; then
+ # shellcheck disable=SC2034 # intentional
+ reload=true
+ fi
+ fi
+ rm -rf $tmpdir
+}