--version-control=WORD (-V WORD) options just as cp, ln, and mv do.
* ln --verbose output is less prone to misinterpretation
* ls -o works like -lG; for compatibility with other versions of ls
-* cp has a new option to control creation of sparse files
+* cp has a new option to control creation of sparse files:
+ --sparse={auto,always,never}. --sparse=auto is the default.
* rm -rf '' behaves properly on SunOS 4 systems
* touch: rename long option name, --file, to --reference.
`touch --file' will continue to work a little longer.