FSF                                                    INSTALL(1)

NAME
     install - copy files and set attributes

SYNOPSIS
     install [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST           (1st format)
     install [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY   (2nd format)
     install -d [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...       (3rd format)

DESCRIPTION
     In the first two formats, copy SOURCE to  DEST  or  multiple
     SOURCE(s)  to  the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permis-
     sion modes and owner/group.  In the third format, create all
     components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).

     --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each  existing  destina-
          tion file

     -b   like --backup but does not accept an argument

     -c   (ignored)

     -d, --directory
          treat all arguments as directory names; create all com-
          ponents of the specified directories

     -D   create all leading components of DEST except the  last,
          then copy SOURCE to DEST;  useful in the 1st format

     -g, --group=GROUP
          set group ownership, instead of process' 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, only for 1st and 2nd formats

     -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix

     -v, --verbose
          print the name of each directory as it is created

     --help
          display this help and exit

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FSF                                                    INSTALL(1)

     --version
          output version information and exit

     The backup suffix  is  `~',  unless  set  with  --suffix  or
     SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.   The  version  control  method may be
     selected  via   the   --backup   option   or   through   the
     VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:

     none, off
          never make backups (even if --backup is given)

     numbered, t
          make numbered backups

     existing, nil
          numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise

     simple, never
          always make simple backups

AUTHOR
     Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software; see the  source  for  copying  condi-
     tions.   There  is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
     or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
     The full documentation for install is maintained as  a  Tex-
     info  manual.  If the info and install programs are properly
     installed at your site, the command

          info install

     should give you access to the complete manual.

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