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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1987 Regents of the University of California.
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        !            16: .\"    @(#)install.1   6.5 (Berkeley) 7/9/88
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        !            18: .TH INSTALL 1 "July 9, 1988"
        !            19: .UC 5
        !            20: .SH NAME
        !            21: install \- install binaries
        !            22: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            23: .B install
        !            24: [
        !            25: .B \-c
        !            26: ] [
        !            27: .B \-m
        !            28: mode ] [
        !            29: .B \-o
        !            30: owner ] [
        !            31: .B \-g
        !            32: group ] [
        !            33: .B \-s
        !            34: ] file1 file2; or file1 ... fileN directory
        !            35: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            36: The file(s) are moved (or copied if the \fB-c\fP option is specified)
        !            37: to the target file or directory.  If the destination is a directory, then
        !            38: the \fIfile\fP is moved into \fIdirectory\fP with its original file-name.
        !            39: If the target file already exists, it is overwritten.
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: The mode is set to 755; the \fB-m\fP option may be used to specify
        !            42: an alternate mode.
        !            43: .PP
        !            44: The \fB-o\fP and \fB-g\fP options may be used to specify an owner
        !            45: and/or group, respectively.
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: The \fB-s\fP option causes the file to be stripped.  It is an error
        !            48: to attempt to strip a file not in the \fIa.out\fP format, but not to
        !            49: attempt to strip a file that has already been stripped.
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: \fIInstall\fP refuses to move a file onto itself.
        !            52: .PP
        !            53: Installing ``/dev/null'' creates an empty file.
        !            54: .SH "RETURN VALUE"
        !            55: Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a
        !            56: value of 1 is returned.
        !            57: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            58: chgrp(1), chmod(1), cp(1), mv(1), strip(1), a.out(5), chown(8)

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