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/*
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 *
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 * Version 2.0 (the 'License'). You may not use this file except in
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 * file.
 *
 * The Original Code and all software distributed under the License are
 * distributed on an 'AS IS' basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
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 * INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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 * @APPLE_LICENSE_HEADER_END@
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <sysexits.h>

#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/fcntl.h>
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

void usage(void);

int
main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
	struct stat sb;
	char *newcontent = NULL;
	size_t newcontentlength = 0;
	char *oldcontent = NULL;
	int ret;
	int dstfd;
	const char *dst = NULL;
	ssize_t readsize, writesize;
	int i;

	if (argc < 2) {
		usage();
	}

	dst = argv[1];

	for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
		newcontentlength += strlen(argv[i]) + 1 /* space or newline */;
	}
	newcontentlength += 1; /* NUL */

	newcontent = malloc(newcontentlength);
	if (newcontent == NULL) {
		err(EX_UNAVAILABLE, "malloc() failed");
	}

	newcontent[0] = '\0';

	for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
		strlcat(newcontent, argv[i], newcontentlength);
		if (i < argc - 1) {
			strlcat(newcontent, " ", newcontentlength);
		} else {
			strlcat(newcontent, "\n", newcontentlength);
		}
	}

	dstfd = open(dst, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, DEFFILEMODE);
	if (dstfd < 0) {
		err(EX_NOINPUT, "open(%s)", dst);
	}

	ret = fstat(dstfd, &sb);
	if (ret < 0) {
		err(EX_NOINPUT, "fstat(%s)", dst);
	}

	if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) {
		err(EX_USAGE, "%s is not a regular file", dst);
	}

	if (sb.st_size != newcontentlength) {
		/* obvious new content must be different than old */
		goto replace;
	}

	oldcontent = malloc(newcontentlength);
	if (oldcontent == NULL) {
		err(EX_UNAVAILABLE, "malloc(%lu) failed", newcontentlength);
	}

	readsize = read(dstfd, oldcontent, newcontentlength);
	if (readsize == -1) {
		err(EX_UNAVAILABLE, "read() failed");
	} else if (readsize != newcontentlength) {
		errx(EX_UNAVAILABLE, "short read of file");
	}

	if (0 == memcmp(oldcontent, newcontent, newcontentlength)) {
		/* binary comparison succeeded, just exit */
		free(oldcontent);
		ret = close(dstfd);
		if (ret < 0) {
			err(EX_UNAVAILABLE, "close() failed");
		}

		exit(0);
	}

replace:
	ret = ftruncate(dstfd, 0);
	if (ret < 0) {
		err(EX_UNAVAILABLE, "ftruncate() failed");
	}

	writesize = write(dstfd, newcontent, newcontentlength);
	if (writesize == -1) {
		err(EX_UNAVAILABLE, "write() failed");
	} else if (writesize != newcontentlength) {
		errx(EX_UNAVAILABLE, "short write of file");
	}

	ret = close(dstfd);
	if (ret < 0) {
		err(EX_NOINPUT, "close(dst)");
	}

	return 0;
}

void
usage(void)
{
	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <dst> <new> <contents> <...>\n",
	    getprogname());
	exit(EX_USAGE);
}