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NAME

       installit - file/directory installation tool

SYNOPSIS

       installit [ -o owner ] [ -g group ] [ -O owner ] [ -G group ] [ -m mode ] [ -b backup ] [ -s ] [ -t ] source destination

DESCRIPTION

       Installit puts a copy of source into the specified destination.

       If  source is a period, then destination is taken to be the name of a directory that should be created.	Otherwise, source is taken to name
       an existing file and destination may be either a file or directory; it is interpreted according to the same rules as cp(1).

       Installit uses no special privileges to copy files from one place to another.

OPTIONS

       -b     If destination names a pre-existing file, it will be removed before the copy is done.  To make a backup copy, use the  ``-b''  flag;
	      the  existing  file  will  be renamed to have the specified extension.  If source and destination are the same string, or if the two
	      files are identical, then no copying is done, and only the ``-o'', ``-g'', ``-m'', and ``-s'' flags (see below) are  processed.	In
	      this case, the modification time on the destination will be updated using touch(1).

       -n     Do not update the modification time on the destination.

       -o -g -m
	      Once  the destination has been created, it is possible to set the owner, group, and mode that it should have.  This is done by using
	      the ``-o'', ``-g'', and ``-m'' flags, respectively.

       -O -G  The ``-O'' and ``-G'' flags set the owner and group only if installit is being run by root, as determined by whoami(1).

       -s     To strip(1) an installed executable, use the ``-s'' flag.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       Flags cannot be combined.

       The chown(8) command must exist in either the /etc or /usr/etc directory or the user's PATH.

       The whoami command must exist in the /usr/ucb directory or the user's PATH.

HISTORY

       Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  This is revision 1.9, dated 1996/10/29.

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