>> cp (and maybe ln as well) would, of course, need to grow in the same
>> way to be complete.
>
>Back in the days when they were all the same programm....  :-)

i wasn't even thinking of that, but that's an interesting point.  i
was thinking more along the lines of these being three programs that i
think would benefit from such a feature.  there are probably more, but
that's beside the point.

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