Re: proposed cp/ln/mv/install option: --no-target-directory

[Jim Meyering]

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.