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diff --git a/regen_lib.pl b/regen_lib.pl
index 1c830a2..89ac3f9 100644
--- a/regen_lib.pl
+++ b/regen_lib.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 use strict;
-use vars qw($Is_W32 $Is_OS2 $Is_Cygwin $Is_NetWare $Needs_Write);
+use vars qw($Is_W32 $Is_OS2 $Is_Cygwin $Is_NetWare $Needs_Write $Verbose);
 use Config; # Remember, this is running using an existing perl
+use File::Compare;
+use Symbol;
 
 # Common functions needed by the regen scripts
 
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ if ($Is_NetWare) {
 
 $Needs_Write = $Is_OS2 || $Is_W32 || $Is_Cygwin || $Is_NetWare;
 
+@ARGV = grep { not($_ eq '-v' and $Verbose = 1) } @ARGV;
+
 sub safer_unlink {
   my @names = @_;
   my $cnt = 0;
@@ -38,8 +42,31 @@ sub safer_rename_silent {
   rename $from, $to;
 }
 
-sub safer_rename {
+sub rename_if_different {
   my ($from, $to) = @_;
+
+  if (compare($from, $to) == 0) {
+      warn "no changes between '$from' & '$to'\n" if $Verbose;
+      safer_unlink($from);
+      return;
+  }
+  warn "changed '$from' to '$to'\n";
   safer_rename_silent($from, $to) or die "renaming $from to $to: $!";
 }
+
+# Saf*er*, but not totally safe. And assumes always open for output.
+sub safer_open {
+    my $name = shift;
+    my $fh = gensym;
+    open $fh, ">$name" or die "Can't create $name: $!";
+    *{$fh}->{SCALAR} = $name;
+    binmode $fh;
+    $fh;
+}
+
+sub safer_close {
+    my $fh = shift;
+    close $fh or die 'Error closing ' . *{$fh}->{SCALAR} . ": $!";
+}
+
 1;