INSTALL
NAME
install - copy files and set attributes
SYNOPSIS
install
[OPTION]... SOURCE DEST (1st format)
install
[OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY (2nd format)
install
-d [OPTION]... DIRECTORY... (3rd format)
DESCRIPTION
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
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
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.