1.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)install.1 6.10 (Berkeley) 03/14/91 7.\" 8.Vx 9.Vx 10.Dd 11.Dt INSTALL 1 12.Os BSD 4.2 13.Sh NAME 14.Nm install 15.Nd install binaries 16.Sh SYNOPSIS 17.Nm install 18.Op Fl cs 19.Op.Fl m Ar mode 20.Op Fl o Ar owner 21.Op Fl g Ar group 22.Ar file1 file2 23.Nm install 24.Op Fl cs 25.Op.Fl m Ar mode 26.Op Fl o Ar owner 27.Op Fl g Ar group 28.Ar file1 29\&... 30.Ar fileN directory 31.Sh DESCRIPTION 32The file(s) are moved (or copied if the 33.Fl c 34option is specified) to the target file or directory. 35If the destination is a directory, then the 36.Ar file 37is moved into 38.Ar directory 39with its original filename. 40If the target file already exists, it is overwritten if permissions 41allow. 42.Pp 43.Tw Ds 44.Tp Fl m 45option may be used to specify an alternate mode. 46The default mode is set to 755. 47The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic value; see 48.Xr chmod 1 49for a description of possible mode values. 50.Tp Fl o 51Specify an owner. 52.Tp Fl g 53Specify a group. 54.Tp Fl s 55.Nm Install 56exec's the command 57.Xr strip 1 58to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large 59number of systems and binary types. 60.Tp 61.Pp 62.Nm Install 63refuses to move a file onto itself. 64.Pp 65Installing 66.Pa /dev/null 67creates an empty file. 68.Pp 69Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned. 70Otherwise, a value of 1 is returned. 71.Sh SEE ALSO 72.Xr chgrp 1 , 73.Xr chmod 1 , 74.Xr cp 1 , 75.Xr mv 1 , 76.Xr strip 1 , 77.Xr a.out 5 , 78.Xr chown 8 79.Sh HISTORY 80.Nm Install 81appeared in 4.2 BSD. 82