install - install binaries
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Description
The file(s) are copied to the target file or directory. If the destination is a directory, then the file
is copied into directory with its original filename.
Environment
STRIP The program used to strip installed binaries when the -s option is used. If unspecified, strip is
used.
Exit Status
The install utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
Name
install - install binaries
Options
-c Copy the file. This is the default behavior; the flag is maintained for backwards compatibility
only.
-d Create directories. Missing parent directories are created as required.
-ggroup
Specify a group.
-llinkflags
Instead of copying the file make a link to the source. The type of the link is determined by the
linkflags argument. Valid linkflags are: h (hard), s (symbolic).
-mmode
Specify an alternative mode. The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x (0755). The specified mode may
be either an octal or symbolic value; see chmod(1) for a description of possible mode values.
-oowner
Specify an owner.
-s install exec's the command strip(1) to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large
number of systems and binary types. If the environment variable STRIP is set, it is used as the
strip(1) program.
Synopsis
install-d[-oown][-ggrp][-mmod]dir1dir2...dirNinstall[-cs][-lflags][-oown][-ggrp][-mmod]file1file2install[-cs][-lflags][-oown][-ggrp][-mmod][files...]dir
