config() { NEW="$1" OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)" # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over: if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then mv $NEW $OLD elif [ "$(cat $OLD | md5sum)" = "$(cat $NEW | md5sum)" ]; then # toss the redundant copy rm $NEW fi # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider... } # Keep same perms on nikto.conf: if [ -e etc/nikto.conf ]; then cp -a etc/nikto.conf etc/nikto.conf.new.incoming cat etc/nikto.conf.new > etc/nikto.conf.new.incoming mv etc/nikto.conf.new.incoming etc/nikto.conf.new fi config etc/nikto.conf.new