Re: cp -d dir patch for review (or 'xargs'?)

[Brian Somers]

> So we have two problems:
> 
> 1) Calling cp(1) repetitively is inefficient.
> 
> 2) The argument list is too big for cp(1).
> 
> Extending cp(1) will not solve (2).  Extending xargs(1) will solve both.
> So why is an extension to cp(1) being proposed?

I wasn't proposing that cp should be changed - I don't think it 
should.  I'm just guilty of using a stale subject line :-/

> Ciao,
> Sheldon.

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