#!/bin/sh -e if test $# -eq 0 then echo "usage: $0 shellname [shellname ...]" 1>&2 exit 1 fi file="$DPKG_ROOT/etc/shells" # I want this to be GUARANTEED to be on the same filesystem as $file tmpfile="${file}.tmp" otmpfile="${file}.tmp2" set -o noclobber cleanup() { rm -f "$tmpfile" "$otmpfile" } trap cleanup EXIT if ! cat "$file" > "$tmpfile" then cat 1>&2 < "$otmpfile" || true mv "$otmpfile" "$tmpfile" done done chmod --reference="${file}" "${tmpfile}" || chmod $(stat -c %a "${file}") "${tmpfile}" chown --reference="${file}" "${tmpfile}" || chown $(stat -c %U "${file}") "${tmpfile}" mv -Z "${tmpfile}" "${file}" || mv "${tmpfile}" "${file}" trap "" EXIT exit 0