[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Baker)  wrote on 21.11.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> 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.

Especially as it's wrong. The baz in the first two cases is different from  
the baz in the last case.

MfG Kai

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