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install - install commands
/usr/sbin/install -c dira [ -m mode
] [ -u user ] [ -g group ] [ -o ] [ -s ] file
/usr/sbin/install -f dirb [ -m mode ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ] [ -o ] [ -s
] file
/usr/sbin/install -n dirc [ -m mode ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ] [ -o ] [ -s
] file
/usr/sbin/install -d|-i [ -m mode ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ] [ -o ] [ -s ] dirx
...
/usr/sbin/install [ -m mode ] [ -u user ] [ -g group ] [ -o ] [ -s ] file
[ dirx ... ]
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install is most commonly used
in ‘‘makefiles’’ (see make(1S)
) to install a file in specific locations, or
to create directories within a file system. Each file is installed by copying
it into the appropriate directory.
install uses no special privileges to
copy files from one place to another. The implications of this are:
- You
must have permission to read the files to be installed.
- You must have permission
to copy into the destination directory.
- You must have permission to change
the modes on the final copy of the file if you want to use the -m option.
- You must be super-user if you want to specify the ownership of the installed
file with the -u or -g options. If you are not the super-user, the installed
file will be owned by you, regardless of who owns the original.
install
prints messages telling the user exactly what files it is replacing or
creating and where they are going.
If no options or directories (dirx ...)
are given, install searches a set of default directories ( /bin, /usr/bin,
/etc, /lib, and /usr/lib, in that order) for a file with the same name
as file. When the first occurrence is found, install issues a message saying
that it is overwriting that file with file, and proceeds to do so. If the
file is not found, the program states this and exits.
If one or more directories
(dirx ...) are specified after file, those directories are searched before
the default directories.
- -c dira
- Install file in the directory specified
by dira, if file does not yet exist. If it is found, install issues a message
saying that the file already exists, and exits without overwriting it.
- -f
dirb
- Force file to be installed in given directory, even if the file already
exists. If the file being installed does not already exist, the mode and
owner of the new file will be set to 755 and bin , respectively. If the
file already exists, the mode and owner will be that of the already existing
file.
- -n dirc
- If file is not found in any of the searched directories, it
is put in the directory specified in dirc. The mode and owner of the new
file will be set to 755 and bin, respectively.
- -d
- Create a directory. Missing
parent directories are created as required as in mkdir -p. If the directory
already exists, the owner, group and mode will be set to the values given
on the command line.
- -i
- Ignore default directory list, searching only through
the given directories (dirx ...).
- -m mode
- The mode of the new file is set to
mode. Set to 0755 by default.
- -u user
- The owner of the new file is set to
user. Only available to the super-user. Set to bin by default.
- -g group
- The
group id of the new file is set to group. Only available to the super-user.
Set to bin by default.
- -o
- If file is found, save the ‘‘found’’ file by copying it to OLD
file in the
directory in which it was found. This option is useful when installing a
frequently used file such as /bin/sh or /lib/saf/ttymon, where the existing
file cannot be removed.
- -s
- Suppress printing of messages other than error
messages.
chgrp(1)
, chmod(1)
, chown(1)
, cp(1)
, make(1S)
, mkdir(1)
,
chown(1M)
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