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                     20: .Dd July 24, 1990
                     21: .Dt INSTALL 1
                     22: .Os BSD 4.2
                     23: .Sh NAME
                     24: .Nm install
                     25: .Nd install binaries
                     26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     27: .Nm install
                     28: .Op Fl cs
                     29: .Op.Fl m Ar mode
                     30: .Op Fl o Ar owner
                     31: .Op Fl g Ar group
                     32: .Ar file1 file2
                     33: .Nm install
                     34: .Op Fl cs
                     35: .Op.Fl m Ar mode
                     36: .Op Fl o Ar owner
                     37: .Op Fl g Ar group
                     38: .Ar file1
                     39: \&...
                     40: .Ar fileN directory
                     41: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     42: The file(s) are moved (or copied if the
                     43: .Fl c
                     44: option is specified) to the target file or directory.
                     45: If the destination is a directory, then the
                     46: .Ar file
                     47: is moved into
                     48: .Ar directory
                     49: with its original filename.
                     50: If the target file already exists, it is overwritten if permissions
                     51: allow.
                     52: .Pp
                     53: .Tw Ds
                     54: .Tp Fl m
                     55: option may be used to specify an alternate mode.
                     56: The default mode is set to 755.
                     57: The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic value; see
                     58: .Xr chmod  1
                     59: for a description of possible mode values.
                     60: .Tp Fl o
                     61: Specify an owner.
                     62: .Tp Fl g
                     63: Specify a group.
                     64: .Tp Fl s
                     65: .Nm Install
                     66: exec's the command
                     67: .Xr strip  1
                     68: to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large
                     69: number of systems and binary types.
                     70: .Tp
                     71: .Pp
                     72: .Nm Install
                     73: refuses to move a file onto itself.
                     74: .Pp
                     75: Installing
                     76: .Pa /dev/null
                     77: creates an empty file.
                     78: .Pp
                     79: Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.
                     80: Otherwise, a value of 1 is returned.
                     81: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     82: .Xr chgrp 1 ,
                     83: .Xr chmod 1 ,
                     84: .Xr cp 1 ,
                     85: .Xr mv 1 ,
                     86: .Xr strip 1 ,
                     87: .Xr a.out 5 ,
                     88: .Xr chown 8
                     89: .Sh HISTORY
                     90: .Nm Install
                     91: appeared in 4.2 BSD.

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