1.\" $NetBSD: install.1,v 1.4 1994/11/14 04:57:17 jtc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1990, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 17.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)install.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 35.\" 36.Dd June 6, 1993 37.Dt INSTALL 1 38.Os BSD 4.2 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm install 41.Nd install binaries 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm install 44.Op Fl cs 45.Op Fl f Ar flags 46.Op Fl g Ar group 47.Op Fl m Ar mode 48.Op Fl o Ar owner 49.Ar file1 file2 50.Nm install 51.Op Fl cs 52.Op Fl f Ar flags 53.Op Fl g Ar group 54.Op Fl m Ar mode 55.Op Fl o Ar owner 56.Ar file1 57\&... 58.Ar fileN directory 59.Nm install 60.Fl d 61.Op Fl m Ar mode 62.Op Fl o Ar owner 63.Op Fl g Ar group 64.Ar directory 65\&... 66.Sh DESCRIPTION 67The file(s) are moved (or copied if the 68.Fl c 69option is specified) to the target file or directory. 70If the destination is a directory, then the 71.Ar file 72is moved into 73.Ar directory 74with its original filename. 75If the target file already exists, it is overwritten if permissions 76allow. 77.Pp 78.Bl -tag -width Ds 79.It Fl c 80Copy the file. 81This flag turns off the default behavior of 82.Nm install 83where it deletes the original file after creating the target. 84.It Fl f 85Specify the target's file flags. 86(See 87.Xr chflags 1 88for a list of possible flags and their meanings.) 89.It Fl g 90Specify a group. 91.It Fl m 92Specify an alternate mode. 93The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x (0755). 94The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic value; see 95.Xr chmod 1 96for a description of possible mode values. 97.It Fl o 98Specify an owner. 99.It Fl s 100.Nm Install 101exec's the command 102.Xr strip 1 103to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large 104number of systems and binary types. 105.It Fl d 106Create directories. 107Missing parent directories are created as required. 108.El 109.Pp 110By default, 111.Nm install 112preserves all file flags, with the exception of the ``nodump'' flag. 113.Pp 114The 115.Nm install 116utility attempts to prevent moving a file onto itself. 117.Pp 118Installing 119.Pa /dev/null 120creates an empty file. 121.Pp 122Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned. 123Otherwise, a value of 1 is returned. 124.Sh SEE ALSO 125.Xr chflags 1 , 126.Xr chgrp 1 , 127.Xr chmod 1 , 128.Xr cp 1 , 129.Xr mv 1 , 130.Xr strip 1 , 131.Xr chown 8 132.Sh HISTORY 133The 134.Nm install 135utility appeared in 136.Bx 4.2 . 137