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: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: f0rhum <at> free.fr, 5926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5926: feature request: mv -p to create missing target dir
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:10:33 -0700

f0rhum <at> free.fr wrote:
> I mean why wasn't refused "cp -p" request, saying "just use mkdir first".

There seems to be a good deal of confusion here, as "cp -p" has nothing to do 
with "mkdir -p".
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