Hey Ryan! Can you please put this request as a ticket on the "Website & Documentation" milestone? Better tracking of the suggestion can be done there, thanks! -jmpp On Dec 10, 2007, at 9:06 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
What's the difference between "xinstall" and "file copy" and "copy"? Here's what I've found:
- xinstall has the -W option so you can say "xinstall -W src a b c d dst" to copy a whole bunch of named files from src to dst. It doesn't look like file copy can do that. - file copy can copy directories. It doesn't look like xinstall can do that. - file copy preserves modification dates. xinstall does not. - copy is the same as file copy.
What's the difference between "xinstall -d" and "file mkdir"? I don't know. And if there's a reason to use "file mkdir", should there be an alias "mkdir" for it?
The guide should explain these differences, and when one should prefer one option over the other.
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