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.\" @(#)install.1 6.5 (Berkeley) %G%
install \- install binaries
] file1 file2; or file1 ... fileN directory
The file(s) are moved (or copied if the \fB-c\fP option is specified)
to the target file or directory. If the destination is a directory, then
the \fIfile\fP is moved into \fIdirectory\fP with its original file-name.
If the target file already exists, it is overwritten.
The mode is set to 755; the \fB-m\fP option may be used to specify
The \fB-o\fP and \fB-g\fP options may be used to specify an owner
and/or group, respectively.
The \fB-s\fP option causes the file to be stripped. It is an error
to attempt to strip a file not in the \fIa.out\fP format, but not to
attempt to strip a file that has already been stripped.
\fIInstall\fP refuses to move a file onto itself.
Installing ``/dev/null'' creates an empty file.
Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a
chgrp(1), chmod(1), cp(1), mv(1), strip(1), a.out(5), chown(8)
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