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install - copy files and set attributes
install [OPTION]... SOURCE
DEST (1st format)
install [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY (2nd format)
install -d [OPTION]... DIRECTORY... (3rd format)
In the first
two formats, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing
DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group. In the third
format, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).
- -b, --backup
- make
backup before removal
- -c
- (ignored)
- -d, --directory
- treat all arguments as directory
names; create all components of the specified directories
- -D
- create all
leading components of DEST except the last, then copy SOURCE to DEST;
useful in the 1st format
- -g, --group=GROUP
- set group ownership, instead of
process' current group
- -m, --mode=MODE
- set permission mode (as in chmod), instead
of rwxr-xr-x
- -o, --owner=OWNER
- set ownership (super-user only)
- -p, --preserve-timestamps
- apply access/modification times of SOURCE files to corresponding destination
files
- -s, --strip
- strip symbol tables, only for 1st and 2nd formats
- -S, --suffix=SUFFIX
- override the usual backup suffix
- --verbose
- print the name of each directory
as it is created
- -V, --version-control=WORD
- override the usual version control
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and
exit
The backup suffix is ~, unless set with SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. The
version control may be set with VERSION_CONTROL, values are:
- t, numbered
- make numbered backups
- nil, existing
- numbered if numbered backups exist,
simple otherwise
- never, simple
- always make simple backups
Report
bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
The full documentation for install
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and install programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
- info install
should give you
access to the complete manual.
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