bug#5926: feature request: mv -p to create missing target dir

[f0rhum]

> ...is
mv 
> counter to The Unix Philosophy
?
>  Small is
> beautiful.  Make each program do one thing well.  Choose portability
> over efficiency.  Use shell scripts to increase leverage and
> portability.

Would mv be discarded to the benefit of cp + rm?
Ok, I know we can't because mv also does in place rename. But when it's time to 
real move who does use cp then rm?