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Re: proposed cp/ln/mv/install option: --no-target-directory
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Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: proposed cp/ln/mv/install option: --no-target-directory |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:44:59 +0200 |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> I think we've pretty much beaten the "ln x d/" discussion to death, so
> with its lessons in mind here's a proposed patch to add a
> --no-target-directory option to cp, ln, mv, and install. I hope the
> proposed doc change justifies it sufficiently (if not, then the
> documentation needs further improving :-).
>
> If you accept this patch, I'm thinking of following up with a further
> suggestion: to add short options -t and -T for --target-directory and
Sounds reasonable.
> --no-target-directory, with the eventual dream of getting these
> options into POSIX.
>
> This patch assumes the "install --target-directory" patch that I
> submitted a couple of days ago
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-06/msg00153.html>.
>
> 2004-06-29 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
>
> Add support for --no-target-directory option.
Thanks yet again.
Applied.