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install
— install
binaries
install |
[-bCcDdFpSs ] [-B
suffix] [-f
flags] [-g
group] [-m
mode] [-o
owner] source ... target
... |
The source file(s) are copied to the
target file or directory. If the
target file already exists, it is either renamed to
file.old if the -b
option is
given or overwritten if permissions allow. An alternate backup suffix may be
specified via the -B
option's argument. If the
-d
option is given, target
directories are created, and no files are copied.
The options are as follows:
-B
suffix-b
is given.-b
-B
for
specifying a different backup suffix.-C
-c
-c
option is only included for backwards
compatibility.-D
-d
-B
,
-b
, -C
,
-c
, -f
,
-p
, -S
, or
-s
options.-F
-f
flags-g
group-m
mode-o
owner-p
-C
(compare and copy) option is specified, except
if the target file doesn't already exist or is different, then preserve
the modification time of the file.-S
install
unlinks an existing
target before installing the new file. With the -S
flag a temporary file is used and then renamed to be the target. The
reason this is safer is that if the copy or rename fails, the existing
target is left untouched.-s
install
exec's the command
/usr/bin/strip to strip binaries so that install
can be portable over a large number of systems and binary types. If the
environment variable STRIP
is set, it is used
instead.By default, install
preserves all file
flags, with the exception of the “nodump” flag.
The install
utility attempts to prevent
moving a file onto itself.
Installing /dev/null creates an empty file.
-S
option is specified, or the
-C
or -p
option is used in
conjunction with the -s
option, temporary files
named INS@XXXXXXXXXX, where XXXXXXXXXX is decided by
mkstemp(3), are created in
the target directory.The install
utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
chflags(1), chgrp(1), chmod(1), cp(1), mv(1), strip(1), chown(8)
The install
utility appeared in
4.2BSD.
The -C
, -D
,
-F
, -p
, and
-S
flags are non-standard and should not be relied
upon for portability.
Temporary files may be left in the target directory if
install
exits abnormally.
May 13, 2016 | OpenBSD-6.1 |