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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Why updating atime doesn't update ctime? Post 302579211 by botao on Monday 5th of December 2011 06:35:31 AM
Old 12-05-2011
you are semantically right, but ...

1) what you just said about 'atime/read' would also apply to 'mtime/write' ;

2) if you consider "inode"-change meaning "owner/group/mode"-change, then the results shall match the text better, don't you think ?

and please (for the sake of goodness) consider that the 'original' description you mentioned was written about 3 decades ago, and was not 'revised' ever since ;

hth

good luck, and success.
alexandre botao

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install(1)						      General Commands Manual							install(1)

Name
       install - install binaries

Syntax
       install [-c] [-m mode] [-o owner] [-g group] [-s] binary destination

Description
       The  binary  is moved to destination.  If destination already exists, it is removed before binary is moved.  If the destination is a direc-
       tory then binary is moved into the destination directory with its original file-name.

       The command refuses to move a file onto itself.

Options
       -c		   Copies binary to destination.

       -g group 	   Specifies a different group from group staff for destination.  The destination is changed to group system; the -g group
			   option  may	be used to specify a different group.  The user must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the
			   file or the superuser.

       -m mode		   Specifies a different mode from the standard 755 for destination.

       -o owner 	   Specifies a different owner from owner root for destination.  The destination is changed  to  current  owner.   The	-o
			   owner option may be used to specify a different owner, but only the superuser can change the owner.

       -s		   Strips the binary after it is installed.

See Also
       chgrp(1), chmod(1), cp(1), mv(1), strip(1), chown(8)

																	install(1)
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