cp_safe_file_replace () {
[ "$CP_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ] && set -vx
local new old
- new=$1
- old=$2
+ if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+ echo "Usage: cp_safe_file_replace <new-file> <target-file>" 1>&2
+ return 1
+ fi
+ new="$1"
+ old="$2"
if [ -e "$old" ]; then
chown --reference "$old" "$new"
chmod --reference "$old" "$new"