writeondiff

WriteOnDiff

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Development Status: 2 - Pre-Alpha
Environment: Console
Intended Audience: System Administrators
License: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Natural Language: English
Operating System: MacOS :: MacOS X; POSIX :: Linux
Programming Language: Python :: 2
Topic: System :: Archiving :: Backup; Utilities

rewrites a file from stdin only if stdin is different from current contents of the file, in order to keep a timestamp that reflects when it actually changed. supports pre-change and post-change commands to invoke around the write, which can be used for e.g. diffs, VCS commits and email notifications.

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