Package: moreutils
Version: 0.45
Tags: patch
Followup-For: Bug #623197
Hi,
I needed this feature for myself, so wrote a little patch.
Michael
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (650, 'unstable'), (600, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages moreutils depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-21
ii libipc-run-perl 0.90-1
ii perl 5.14.2-5
moreutils recommends no packages.
Versions of packages moreutils suggests:
ii libtime-duration-perl <none>
ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1
-- no debconf information
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< printf("sponge <file>: soak up all input from stdin and write it to
<file>\n");
---
> printf("sponge [-a] <file>: soak up all input from stdin and write it
> to <file>\n");
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> int append=0;
>
> if (argc == 3) {
> if(strcmp(argv[1], "-a") == 0) {
> append=1;
> argc--;
> argv++;
> } else {
> usage();
> }
> }
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> !append &&
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< outfile = fopen(outname, "w");
---
> outfile = fopen(outname, append?"a":"w");
