CPIF(1)                     General Commands Manual                    CPIF(1)



NAME
       cpif - selectively update files

SYNOPSIS
       cpif [-eq|-ne] file ...

DESCRIPTION
       cpif  is  an auxiliary tool for use with notangle(1) and make(1).  cpif
       compares its standard input to each of the named files, overwriting the
       file  if  the  comparison succeeds or if the named file does not exist.
       If neither -eq or -ne is specified, the default is -ne.  Typical  usage
       is in the following default rule, suitable for use in a Makefile.
        .nw.h: ; notangle -Rheader $*.nw | cpif $*.h

SEE ALSO
       notangle(1)

VERSION
       This man page is from noweb version 2.12.

AUTHOR
       Norman   Ramsey,   Tufts   University.   Internet  address  Norman.Ram‐
       sey@tufts.edu.
       Noweb home page at http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/noweb.




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