GNU bug report logs - #5926
feature request: mv -p to create missing target dir

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Rodolfo Borges <rodolfo.borges <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:10:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: f0rhum <f0rhum <at> free.fr>
To: 5926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5926: feature request: mv -p to create missing target dir
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 18:10:15 +0200

> ...is
mv 
> counter to The Unix Philosophy
?
>  Small is
> beautiful.  Make each program do one thing well.  Choose portability
> over efficiency.  Use shell scripts to increase leverage and
> portability.

Would mv be discarded to the benefit of cp + rm?
Ok, I know we can't because mv also does in place rename. But when it's time to real move who does use cp then rm?
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