now, rather than stripping the binary itself.
SCCS-vsn: usr.bin/xinstall/install.1 6.6
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-.\" @(#)install.1 6.5 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\" @(#)install.1 6.6 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH INSTALL 1 ""
.UC 5
.\"
.TH INSTALL 1 ""
.UC 5
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B install
[
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B install
[
] [
.B \-m
mode ] [
.B \-o
owner ] [
.B \-g
] [
.B \-m
mode ] [
.B \-o
owner ] [
.B \-g
-group ] [
-.B \-s
-] file1 file2; or file1 ... fileN directory
+group ] 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 file(s) are moved (or copied if the
+.I -c
+option is specified) to the target file or directory.
+If the destination is a directory, then the
+.I file
+is moved into
+.I directory
+with its original filename.
+If the target file already exists, it is overwritten if permissions
+allow.
-The mode is set to 755; the \fB-m\fP option may be used to specify
-an alternate mode.
+The mode is set to 755; the
+.I -m
+option may be used to specify an alternate mode.
-The \fB-o\fP and \fB-g\fP options may be used to specify an owner
-and/or group, respectively.
+The
+.I -o
+and
+.I -g
+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.
+The
+.I -s
+option causes the file to be stripped.
+.I Install
+exec's the command
+.IR strip (1)
+to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large
+number of systems and binary types.
-\fIInstall\fP refuses to move a file onto itself.
+.I Install
+refuses to move a file onto itself.
.PP
Installing ``/dev/null'' creates an empty file.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
Installing ``/dev/null'' creates an empty file.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
-Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a
-value of 1 is returned.
+Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
+Otherwise, a value of 1 is returned.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
chgrp(1), chmod(1), cp(1), mv(1), strip(1), a.out(5), chown(8)
.SH "SEE ALSO"
chgrp(1), chmod(1), cp(1), mv(1), strip(1), a.out(5), chown(8)