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INSTALL(1)		     BSD Reference Manual		    INSTALL(1)

NAME
     install - install binaries

SYNOPSIS
     install [-bCcdpSs] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner]
	     source [...] target [...]

DESCRIPTION
     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	Use suffix as the backup suffix if -b is given.

     -b		Backup any existing files before overwriting them by renaming
		them to file.old. See -B for specifying a different backup
		suffix.

     -C		Copy the file. If the target file already exists and the files
		are the same, then don't change the modification time of the
		target.

     -c		Copy the file. This is actually the default. The -c option is
		only included for backwards compatibility.

     -d		Create directories. Missing parent directories are created as
		required. This option cannot be used with the -B, -b, -C, -c,
		-f, -p, -S, or -s options.

     -f flags	Specify the target's file flags. (See chflags(1) for a list of
		possible flags and their meanings.)

     -g group	Specify a group. A numeric GID is allowed.

     -m mode	Specify an alternate mode. The default mode is set to
		rwxr-xr-x (0755). The specified mode may be either an octal or
		symbolic value; see chmod(1) for a description of possible
		mode values.

     -o owner	Specify an owner. A numeric UID is allowed.

     -p		Preserve the modification time. Copy the file, as if the -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		Safe copy. Normally, 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 execs 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.

     Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a value
     >0 is returned.

ENVIRONMENT
     STRIP  For an alternate strip(1) program to run. Default is
	    /usr/bin/strip.

FILES
     INS@XXXXXXXXXX  If either -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.

SEE ALSO
     chflags(1), chgrp(1), chmod(1), cp(1), mv(1), strip(1), chown(8)

HISTORY
     The install utility appeared in 4.2BSD.

CAVEATS
     The -C, -p, and -S flags are non-standard and should not relied upon for
     portability.

     Temporary files may be left in the target directory if install exits ab-
     normally.

MirOS BSD #10-current	      November 22, 2009				     1
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