INSTALL
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: LOCAL
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NAME
install - install programs in (public) directories
SYNOPSIS
install
[
-c
] [
-s
] [
-mmode
] [
-oowner
] [
-ggroup
] file destination
DESCRIPTION
Install
moves or copies a file to a specified destination.
If
destination
is a regular file, it will be removed before
file
is installed in that name.
If
destination
is a directory, then
file
will be installed in the directory with the same name.
(This may cause problems, e.g., if
file
is a full pathname.)
A number of options are provided:
- -c
-
The source is copied (with
cp(1))
rather than moved (with
mv(1)).
- -s
-
The symbol table is removed from the installed program (with
strip(1)).
- -mmode
-
The permission bits of the installed program are set to the indicated
mode, rather than the default 0755.
- -oowner
-
The specified user is made the owner of the program, rather than the default
%OWNER%.
- -ggroup
-
The program is put in the specified group, rather than the default
%GROUP%.
Install
will only install regular files, and tries not to copy a file onto itself.
The changing of ownerships and file modes is done in the right order so
that
-
install -m 4755 -o root a.out /bin/su
suffices to make a ``setuid root'' program.
SEE ALSO
chgrp(1), chmod(1), cp(1), mv(1), strip(1), chown(8)
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