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.\" 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.
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