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install - copy files and set attributes
install [OPTION]... [-T]
SOURCE DEST
install [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
install [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
install [OPTION]... -d DIRECTORY...
In the first three forms, copy
SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing DIRECTORY, while setting
permission modes and owner/group. In the 4th form, create all components
of the given DIRECTORY(ies).
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory
for short options too.
- --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination
file
- -b
- like --backup but does not accept an argument
- -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
- -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
- -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual
backup suffix
- -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY
- copy all SOURCE arguments into
DIRECTORY
- -T, --no-target-directory
- treat DEST as a normal file
- -v, --verbose
- print
the name of each directory as it is created
- --help
- display this help and
exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
The backup suffix is ‘~’,
unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. The version control method
may be selected via the --backup option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment
variable. Here are the values:
- none, off
- never make backups (even if --backup
is given)
- numbered, t
- make numbered backups
- existing, nil
- numbered if numbered
backups exist, simple otherwise
- simple, never
- always make simple backups
Written by David MacKenzie.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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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