install - Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the
existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group
install [--backup] [-b ] [-c ]
[-C|--compare] [-d|--directory] [-D ]
[-g|--group] [-m|--mode]
[-o|--owner] [-p|--preserve-timestamps]
[-s|--strip] [--strip-program]
[-S|--suffix] [-t|--target-directory]
[-T|--no-target-directory] [-v|--verbose]
[-P|--preserve-context] [-Z|--context]
[-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files]
Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing
DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group
- --backup=CONTROL
- make a backup of each existing destination file
- -b
- like --backup but does not accept an argument
- -c
- ignored
- -C, --compare
- compare each pair of source and destination files, and in some cases, do
not modify the destination at all
- -d,
--directory
- treat all arguments as directory names. create all components of the
specified directories
- -D
- create all leading components of DEST except the last, then copy SOURCE to
DEST
- -g,
--group=GROUP
- set group ownership, instead of process's current group
- -m,
--mode=MODE
- set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of rwxr-xr-x
- -o,
--owner=OWNER
- set ownership (super-user only)
- -p,
--preserve-timestamps
- apply access/modification times of SOURCE files to corresponding
destination files
- -s, --strip
- strip symbol tables (no action Windows)
- --strip-program=PROGRAM
- program used to strip binaries (no action Windows)
- -S,
--suffix=SUFFIX
- override the usual backup suffix
- -t,
--target-directory=DIRECTORY
- move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
- -T,
--no-target-directory
- (unimplemented) treat DEST as a normal file
- -v, --verbose
- explain what is being done
- -P,
--preserve-context
- (unimplemented) preserve security context
- -Z, --context
- (unimplemented) set security context of files and directories
- -h, --help
- Print help
- -V, --version
- Print version
- [files]
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