In message <199607061343.HAA01612@lager.beer.org>, Herb Peyerl writes:
>VaX#n8 <vax@linkdead.paranoia.com>  wrote:
> > Has anyone written  a script like this that invokes the install
> > program only if the source contents != the target contents.
>how 'bout something like:
>pax -w -r -pe -u <src> <dest>

I was kind of looking for a command-line compatible version for install,
and something that didn't itself rely on mtimes, but this is certainly
an interesting suggestion.