install - copy files and set their attributes

SYNOPSIS

       install [options] [-s] [--strip] source dest
       install [options] [-s] [--strip] source... directory
       install [options] [-d,--directory] directory...
       Options:
       [-c]  [-g  group]  [-m  mode]  [-o  owner] [--group=group]
       [--mode=mode] [--owner=owner] [--help] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents the  GNU  version  of  install.
       install  copies files and sets their permission modes and,
       if possible, their owner and group.  Used similarly to cp;
       typically  used  in  Makefiles to copy programs into their
       destination directories.  It can also be  used  to  create
       the  destination  directories and any leading directories,
       and to set the final directory's  modes.   It  refuses  to
       copy files onto themselves.

   OPTIONS
       -c     Ignored;  for  compatibility with old Unix versions
              of install.

       -d, --directory
              Create each given directory and its leading  direc-
              tories,  if  they  do  not  already exist.  Set the
              owner, group and mode as given on the command  line
              or  to the defaults.  Also gives any leading direc-
              tories that are created those attributes.  This  is
              different  from  the SunOS 4.x install, which gives
              directories that it creates the default attributes.

       -g, --group group
              Set  the  group  ownership of the installed file or
              directory to the group ID of group (default is pro-
              cess's current group).  group may also be a numeric
              group ID.

       -m, --mode mode
              Set the permission mode for the installed  file  or
              directory  to  mode,  which  can be either an octal
              number, or a symbolic mode as in chmod, with  0  as
              the  point of departure.  The default mode is 0755.

       -o, --owner owner
              If run as root, set the ownership of the  installed
              file  to  the  user  ID of owner (default is root).
              owner may also be a numeric user ID.

       -s, --strip
              Strip the symbol tables from installed programs.
              successfully.

       --version
              Print  version  information on standard output then
              exit successfully.