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NAME
     install - copy files and set attributes

SYNOPSIS
     install [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
     install [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
     install [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
     install [OPTION]... -d DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION
     In the first three forms, copy SOURCE to  DEST  or  multiple
     SOURCE(s)  to  the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permis-
     sion modes and owner/group.  In the  4th  form,  create  all
     components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).

     Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for  short
     options too.

     --backup[=CONTROL]
          make a backup of each existing destination file

     -b   like --backup but does not accept an argument

     -c   (ignored)

     -d, --directory
          treat all arguments as directory names; create all com-
          ponents of the specified directories

     -D   create all leading components of DEST except the  last,
          then copy SOURCE to DEST

     -g, --group=GROUP
          set group ownership, instead of process' current group

     -m, --mode=MODE
          set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of rwxr-xr-x

     -o, --owner=OWNER
          set ownership (super-user only)

     -p, --preserve-timestamps
          apply access/modification  times  of  SOURCE  files  to
          corresponding destination files

     -s, --strip
          strip symbol tables

     -S, --suffix=SUFIX override the usual backup suffix

     -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY
          copy all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY



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     -T, --no-target-directory
          treat DEST as a normal file

     -v, --verbose
          print the name of each directory as it is created

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

     The backup suffix  is  `~',  unless  set  with  --suffix  or
     SIMPLEBACKUPSUFIX.   The  version  control  method may be
     selected  via   the   --backup   option   or   through   the
     VERSIONCONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:

     none, off
          never make backups (even if --backup is given)

     numbered, t
          make numbered backups

     existing, nil
          numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise

     simple, never
          always make simple backups

AUTHOR
     Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     The full documentation for install is maintained as  a  Tex-
     info  manual.  If the info and install programs are properly
     installed at your site, the command

          info install

     should give you access to the complete manual.





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ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.








































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