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34.Dd May 31, 1991
35.Dt INSTALL 1
36.Os BSD 4.2
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm install
39.Nd install binaries
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm install
42.Op Fl cs
43.Op Fl m Ar mode
44.Op Fl o Ar owner
45.Op Fl g Ar group
46.Ar file1 file2
47.Nm install
48.Op Fl cs
49.Op Fl m Ar mode
50.Op Fl o Ar owner
51.Op Fl g Ar group
52.Ar file1
53\&...
54.Ar fileN directory
55.Nm install
56.Fl d
57.Op Fl m Ar mode
58.Op Fl o Ar owner
59.Op Fl g Ar group
60.Ar directory
61\&...
62.Sh DESCRIPTION
63The file(s) are moved (or copied if the
64.Fl c
65option is specified) to the target file or directory.
66If the destination is a directory, then the
67.Ar file
68is moved into
69.Ar directory
70with its original filename.
71If the target file already exists, it is overwritten if permissions
72allow.
73.Pp
74.Bl -tag -width Ds
75.It Fl m
76Specify an alternate mode.
77The default mode is set to 755.
78The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic value; see
79.Xr chmod  1
80for a description of possible mode values.
81.It Fl o
82Specify an owner.
83.It Fl g
84Specify a group.
85.It Fl s
86.Nm Install
87exec's the command
88.Xr strip  1
89to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large
90number of systems and binary types.
91.It Fl d
92Create directories.
93Missing parent directories are created as required.
94.El
95.Pp
96.Nm Install
97refuses to move a file onto itself.
98.Pp
99Installing
100.Pa /dev/null
101creates an empty file.
102.Pp
103Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
104Otherwise, a value of 1 is returned.
105.Sh SEE ALSO
106.Xr chgrp 1 ,
107.Xr chmod 1 ,
108.Xr cp 1 ,
109.Xr mv 1 ,
110.Xr strip 1 ,
111.Xr a.out 5 ,
112.Xr chown 8
113.Sh HISTORY
114The
115.Nm install
116utility appeared in
117.Bx 4.2 .
118