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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1987 Regents of the University of California.
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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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