Use drush to download drupal core files directly into directory rather than subdirectory When you use drush dl normally, it will download drupal into a subdirectory ie: drupal-7.16

I would like to skip creating the subdirectory and just install the drupal root directory files into the pwd or destination directory.  ie: /var/www/install.php

Can this be done with drush commands?  

Other shell workarounds also welcome and will be considered for answer status if this is impossible with drush.
drush dl drupal --destination=/var --drupal-project-rename=www