Name
install
Synopsis
install [options] [file] directories
Description
System administration command. Used primarily in makefiles to update files. install copies files into user-specified directories. It will not overwrite a file. Similar to cp but attempts to set permission modes, owner, and group.
Options
- -d, --directory
Create any missing directories.
- -g group, --group group
Set group ID of new file to group (privileged users only).
- -m mode, --mode mode
Set permissions of new file to mode (octal or symbolic). By default, the mode is 0755.
- -o [owner], --owner [owner]
Set ownership to owner or, if unspecified, to root (privileged users only).
- -s, --strip
Strip symbol tables.
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