INSTALL(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		    INSTALL(1)

NAME
     install — install binaries

SYNOPSIS
     install [-cs] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 file2
     install [-cs] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 ...	 fileN
	     directory

DESCRIPTION
     The file(s) are moved (or copied if the -c option is specified) to the
     target file or directory.	If the destination is a directory, then the
     file is moved into directory with its original filename.  If the target
     file already exists, it is overwritten if permissions allow.

     -c	     Copy the file.  This flag turns off the default behavior of
	     install where it deletes the original file after creating the
	     target.

     -f	     Specify the target's file flags.  (See chflags(1) for a list of
	     possible flags and their meanings.)

     -g	     Specify a group.

     -m	     Specify an alternate mode.	 The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x
	     (0755).  The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic
	     value; see chmod(1) for a description of possible mode values.

     -o	     Specify an owner.

     -s	     Install exec's the command strip(1) to strip binaries so that
	     install can be portable over a large number of systems and binary
	     types.

     By default, install preserves all file flags, with the exception of the
     ``nodump'' flag.

     The install utility attempts to prevent moving a file onto itself.

     Installing /dev/null creates an empty file.

     Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value
     of 1 is returned.

SEE ALSO
     chflags(1), chgrp(1), chmod(1), cp(1), mv(1), strip(1), chown(8)

HISTORY
     The install utility appeared in 4.2BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution	 June 6, 1993	     4.2 Berkeley Distribution

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