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install command flag Linux/Unix issue
Hi all,

I was trying to install from source USB_ModeSwitch on my Mac. I have always had success with the basic ./configure, make, make install commands in terminal so don't know how, why or what.

The issue I came across is that the makefile.conf uses the -D flag while installing and on UNIX that flag doesn't exist, so I get errors. I am not exactly sure how to overcome this. I tried changing the makefile.conf from -D to -d but that didn't solve the problem. The instructions for the software said to only run make install at the CLI whereas I have usually run ./configure first. Just can't figure this one out. Maybe it's something simple. Also, the software appears to have built properly and even some directories were created but the files were never moved into them.
 
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install

INSTALL(1)						      General Commands Manual							INSTALL(1)

NAME

       install - install binaries

SYNOPSIS

       install [-cs] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 file2

       install [-cs] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 ... fileN directory

DESCRIPTION

       The  file(s)  are  moved (or copied if the c option is specified) to the target file or directory.  If the destination is a directory, then
       the file is moved into directory with its original filename.  If the target file already exists, it is overwritten if permissions allow.

       c       Copy the file.  This flag turns off the default behavior of install where it deletes the original file after creating the target.

       f       Specify the target's file flags.  (See chflags(1) for a list of possible flags and their meanings.)

       g       Specify a group.

       m       Specify an alternate mode.  The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x (0755).  The specified mode may be either  an  octal  or  symbolic
	       value; see chmod(1) for a description of possible mode values.

       o       Specify an owner.

       s       Install	exec's	the  command  strip(1) to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large number of systems and binary
	       types.

       By default, install preserves all file flags, with the exception of the ``nodump'' flag.

       The install utility attempts to prevent moving a file onto itself.

       Installing /dev/null creates an empty file.

       Upon successful completion a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value of 1 is returned.

SEE ALSO

       chflags(1), chgrp(1), chmod(1), cp(1), mv(1), strip(1), chown(8)

HISTORY

       The install utility appeared in 4.2BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution					 February 20, 1996							INSTALL(1)