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diff --git a/man/install.1 b/man/install.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5b565d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/install.1 @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35. +.TH INSTALL "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +install \- copy files and set attributes +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B install +[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fI-T\fR] \fISOURCE DEST\fR +.br +.B install +[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fISOURCE\fR... \fIDIRECTORY\fR +.br +.B install +[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI-t DIRECTORY SOURCE\fR... +.br +.B install +[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI-d DIRECTORY\fR... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.\" Add any additional description here +.PP +In the first three forms, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to +the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group. +In the 4th form, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies). +.PP +Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. +.TP +\fB\-\-backup\fR[=\fICONTROL\fR] +make a backup of each existing destination file +.TP +\fB\-b\fR +like \fB\-\-backup\fR but does not accept an argument +.TP +\fB\-c\fR +(ignored) +.TP +\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR +treat all arguments as directory names; create all +components of the specified directories +.TP +\fB\-D\fR +create all leading components of DEST except the last, +then copy SOURCE to DEST +.TP +\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR=\fIGROUP\fR +set group ownership, instead of process' current group +.TP +\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fIMODE\fR +set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of rwxr\-xr\-x +.TP +\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-owner\fR=\fIOWNER\fR +set ownership (super\-user only) +.TP +\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-preserve\-timestamps\fR +apply access/modification times of SOURCE files +to corresponding destination files +.TP +\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-strip\fR +strip symbol tables +.TP +\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\fR=\fISUFFIX\fR +override the usual backup suffix +.TP +\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-target\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR +copy all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY +.TP +\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-no\-target\-directory\fR +treat DEST as a normal file +.TP +\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR +print the name of each directory as it is created +.TP +\fB\-\-help\fR +display this help and exit +.TP +\fB\-\-version\fR +output version information and exit +.PP +The backup suffix is `~', unless set with \fB\-\-suffix\fR or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. +The version control method may be selected via the \fB\-\-backup\fR option or through +the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values: +.TP +none, off +never make backups (even if \fB\-\-backup\fR is given) +.TP +numbered, t +make numbered backups +.TP +existing, nil +numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise +.TP +simple, never +always make simple backups +.SH AUTHOR +Written by David MacKenzie. +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.br +This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of +the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. +There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +The full documentation for +.B install +is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the +.B info +and +.B install +programs are properly installed at your site, the command +.IP +.B info install +.PP +should give you access to the complete manual. |