xinstall vs. file copy & file mkdir

[Juan Manuel Palacios]

	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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