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layout: page
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category-page: intermediate
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category-title: Intermediate commands
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author: Marco Farace
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title: install
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---
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The file(s) are copied to the target file or directory. If the destination
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is a directory, then the file is copied into directory with its original
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filename. If the target file already exists, it is either renamed to
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file.old if the -b option is given or overwritten if permissions allow.<br>
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An alternate backup suffix may be specified via the -B option's argument.<br>
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Basic syntax is in the form
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<pre>
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install [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST
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</pre>
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This line of code copies all .xyz file from <i>/source/folder</i> to <i>/destination/folder</i>
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<pre>
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install -D /source/folder/*.xyz /destination/folder
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</pre>
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<h3>Flags</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>-b: Back up any existing files before overwriting them by renaming
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them to file.old. See -B for specifying a different backup suffix.
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(-B suffix Use suffix as the backup suffix if -b is given)</li>
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<li>-C: Copy the file. If the target file already exists and the files
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are the same, then don't change the modification time of the target</li>
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<li>-d: Create directories. Missing parent directories are created as required.</li>
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<li>-f: Specify the target's file flags; see chflags(1) for a list of
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possible flags and their meanings.</li>
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<li>-g: Specify a group. A numeric GID is allowed.</li>
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<li>-m: Specify an alternate mode. The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x
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(0755). The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic
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value.</li>
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<li>-o: Specify an owner. A numeric UID is allowed.</li>
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</ul>
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