The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-d, --mkdir
To maximize BSD compatibility, the BSD "shtool "install -d"" usage is internally mapped to the
"shtool "mkdir -f -p -m 755"" command.
-c, --copy
Copy the file to the target path. Default is to move.
-C, --compare-copy
Same as -c except if the destination file already exists and is identical to the source file, no
installation is done and the target remains untouched.
-s, --strip
This option strips program executables during the installation, see strip(1). Default is to install
verbatim.
-m, --modemode
The file mode applied to the target, see chmod(1). Setting mode to ""-"" skips this step and leaves
the operating system default which is usually based on umask(1). Some file modes require superuser
privileges to be set. Default is 0755.
-o, --ownerowner
The file owner name or id applied to the target, see chown(1). This option requires superuser
privileges to execute. Default is to skip this step and leave the operating system default which is
usually based on the executing uid or the parent setuid directory.
-g, --groupgroup
The file group name or id applied to the target, see chgrp(1). This option requires superuser
privileges to execute to the fullest extend, otherwise the choice of group is limited on most
operating systems. Default is to skip this step and leave the operating system default which is
usually based on the executing gid or the parent setgid directory.
-e, --execsed-cmd
This option can be used one or multiple times to apply one or more sed(1) commands to the file
contents during installation.