xref: /freebsd/usr.bin/xinstall/install.1 (revision df7f5d4de4592a8948a25ce01e5bddfbb7ce39dc)
1.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1990, 1993
2.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
10.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
11.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
13.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
14.\"	This product includes software developed by the University of
15.\"	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
16.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
17.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
18.\"    without specific prior written permission.
19.\"
20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
21.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
23.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
30.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
31.\"
32.\"	From: @(#)install.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
33.\"	$Id$
34.\"
35.Dd September 22, 1996
36.Dt INSTALL 1
37.Os BSD 4.2
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm install
40.Nd install binaries
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm install
43.Op Fl CcDps
44.Op Fl f Ar flags
45.Op Fl g Ar group
46.Op Fl m Ar mode
47.Op Fl o Ar owner
48.Ar file1 file2
49.Nm install
50.Op Fl CcDps
51.Op Fl f Ar flags
52.Op Fl g Ar group
53.Op Fl m Ar mode
54.Op Fl o Ar owner
55.Ar file1
56\&...
57.Ar fileN directory
58.Nm install
59.Fl d
60.Op Fl g Ar group
61.Op Fl m Ar mode
62.Op Fl o Ar owner
63.Ar directory
64\&...
65.Sh DESCRIPTION
66The file(s) are moved (or copied if the
67.Fl c
68option is specified) to the target file or directory.
69If the destination is a directory, then the
70.Ar file
71is moved into
72.Ar directory
73with its original filename.
74If the target file already exists, it is overwritten if permissions
75allow.
76.Pp
77.Bl -tag -width Ds
78.It Fl C
79Copy the file, as if the
80.Fl c
81option is specified,
82except if the target file already exists and the files are the same,
83then don't change the modification time of the target.
84.It Fl c
85Copy the file.
86This flag turns off the default behavior of
87.Nm install
88where it deletes the original file after creating the target.
89.It Fl D
90Print debugging information.
91If
92.Fl D
93is specified one or more times,
94then print the renaming steps for
95.Fl C .
96If
97.Fl D
98is specified two or more times,
99then warn about files that aren't installed with
100.Fl C .
101.It Fl d
102Create directories.
103Missing parent directories are created as required.
104.It Fl f
105Specify the target's file flags.
106(See
107.Xr chflags 1
108for a list of possible flags and their meanings.)
109.It Fl g
110Specify a group. A numeric GID is allowed.
111.It Fl m
112Specify an alternate mode.
113The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x (0755).
114The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic value; see
115.Xr chmod  1
116for a description of possible mode values.
117.It Fl o
118Specify an owner. A numeric UID is allowed.
119.It Fl p
120Preserve the modification time.
121Copy the file, as if the
122.Fl C
123(Compare and copy) option is specified,
124except if the target file doesn't already exist or is different,
125then preserve the modification time of the file.
126.It Fl s
127.Nm Install
128exec's the command
129.Xr strip  1
130to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large
131number of systems and binary types.
132.El
133.Pp
134By default,
135.Nm install
136preserves all file flags, with the exception of the ``nodump'' flag.
137.Pp
138The
139.Nm install
140utility attempts to prevent moving a file onto itself.
141.Pp
142Installing
143.Pa /dev/null
144creates an empty file.
145.Pp
146Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
147Otherwise, a value of 1 is returned.
148.Sh FILES
149.Bl -tag -width INS@XXXX -compact
150.It Pa INS@XXXX
151If the
152.Fl C
153or
154.Fl p
155option is used, then temporary files named INS@XXXX,
156where XXXX is decided by
157.Xr mkstemp 3 ,
158are created in the target directory.
159.Sh SEE ALSO
160.Xr chflags 1 ,
161.Xr chgrp 1 ,
162.Xr chmod 1 ,
163.Xr cp 1 ,
164.Xr mv 1 ,
165.Xr strip 1 ,
166.Xr chown 8
167.Sh HISTORY
168The
169.Nm install
170utility appeared in
171.Bx 4.2 .
172.Sh BUGS
173Temporary files may be left in the target directory if
174.Nm install
175exits abnormally.
176