Re: "--to" option for mv and friends

[Kamil Dudka]

On Saturday 29 of August 2009 03:48:57 James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> I propose the patch below, which adds the --to option as a synonym for
> --destination-directory, to the programs cp, ln, install, and mv.
>
> I think it's easier to remember (and say) something like
>
>          mv  --to MYDIR  myfile  hisfile  theirfile
>
> than with the current long option.

Have you heard about the long option abbreviation? If you think the 
option --target-directory is too long, you can use --ta instead without 
patching anything. Genreally any abbreviation which is unambiguous enough...

Kamil