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NAME

       install - install commands

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/install -c dira [-m mode] [-u user] [-g group] [-o] [-s] file

       /usr/sbin/install -f dirb [-m mode] [-u user] [-g group] [-o] [-s] file

       /usr/sbin/install -n dirc [-m mode] [-u user] [-g group] [-o] [-s] file

       /usr/sbin/install -d | -i [-m mode] [-u user] [-g group] [-o] [-s] dirx...

       /usr/sbin/install [-m mode] [-u user] [-g group] [-o] [-s] file [dirx...]

DESCRIPTION

       install	is  most  commonly used in ``makefiles'' (see make(1S)) to install a file in specific locations, or to create directories within a
       file system. Each file is installed by copying it into the appropriate directory.

       install uses no special privileges to copy files from one place to another. The implications of this are:

	 o  You must have permission to read the files to be installed.

	 o  You must have permission to copy into the destination directory.

	 o  You must have permission to change the modes on the final copy of the file if you want to use the -m option.

	 o  You must be super-user if you want to specify the ownership of the installed file with the -u or -g options. If you are not the super-
	    user, the installed file is owned by you, regardless of who owns the original.

       install prints messages telling the user exactly what files it is replacing or creating and where they are going.

       If  no  options	or  directories  (dirx	...)  are  given,  install searches a set of default directories ( /bin, /usr/bin, /etc, /lib, and
       /usr/lib, in that order) for a file with the same name as  file. When the first occurrence is found, install issues a message  saying  that
       it is overwriting that file with file, and proceeds to do so. If the file is not found, the program states this and exits.

       If one or more directories (dirx ...) are specified after file, those directories are searched before the default directories.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -c dira	       Install file in the directory specified by dira, if  file does not yet exist. If it is found, install issues a message say-
		       ing that the file already exists, and exits without overwriting it.

       -f dirb	       Force file to be installed in given directory, even if the file already exists.	If  the  file  being  installed  does  not
		       already	exist,	the  mode  and owner of the new file is set to 755 and bin , respectively. If the file already exists, the
		       mode and owner is that of the already existing file.

       -n dirc	       If file is not found in any of the searched directories, it is put in the directory specified in dirc. The mode	and  owner
		       of the new file is set to 755 and bin, respectively.

       -d	       Create a directory. Missing parent directories are created as required as in mkdir -p. If the directory already exists, the
		       owner, group and mode is set to the values given on the command line.

       -i	       Ignore default directory list, searching only through the given directories (dirx ...).

       -m mode	       The mode of the new file is set to mode. Set to 0755 by default.

       -u user	       The owner of the new file is set to user. Only available to the super-user. Set to bin by default.

       -g group        The group id of the new file is set to group. Only available to the super-user. Set to bin by default.

       -o	       If file is found, save the ``found'' file by copying it to OLDfile in the directory in which it was found. This	option	is
		       useful  when  installing  a  frequently	used  file  such  as /bin/sh or /lib/saf/ttymon, where the existing file cannot be
		       removed.

       -s	       Suppress printing of messages other than error messages.

USAGE

       See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of install when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2**31 bytes).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       chgrp(1), chmod(1), chown(1), cp(1), make(1S), mkdir(1), attributes(5), largefile(5)

SunOS 5.10							    1 Jul 2004							       install(1M)