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>

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From: f0rhum <at> free.fr
To: 5926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5926: feature request: mv -p to create missing target dir
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:16:23 +0200 (CEST)

>> 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".

Oooops, sorry, I meant: why wasn't refused mkdir "-p" option request, saying "just use ls and mkdir first"?
Hmmm, ok, I see they are both about creating dirs, but aren't mkdir, cp, mv, touch... all involved in creating links in a file system? Hmmm... It seems I triggered an endless loop in my own mind: confusion was yet there. Let's call this ignorance, lazziness. Mum!
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