In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Santiago Vila Doncel) writes:
> Yes, bash is essential because we always *need* a POSIX shell. But GNU
> bash provides *two* of them: /bin/sh and /bin/bash. Only /bin/sh should
> be essential.
However, dangling symlinks are not terribly useful, so it would be nice for
/bin/bash to be around too.
> Do you still think that "the use of { } makes the rules files clearer and
> avoids duplication"?
I don't know whether Ian does, but I do. I find
cp /very/long/path/foo /very/long/path/bar baz
a lot harder to read than
cp /very/long/bath/{foo,bar} baz
And your suggestion of
(cd /very/long/path; cp foo bar baz)
is even worse IMO.
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