OptionsOn install itself
-B
Use suffix as the backup suffix if -b is given <suffix>
-b
Back up any existing files before overwriting them by renaming them to file.old. See -B for specifying a different backup suffix
-C
Copy the file. If the target file already exists and the files are the same, then don't change the modification time of the target
-c
Copy the file. This is actually the default. The -c option is only included for backwards compatibility
-d
Create directories. Missing parent directories are created as required
-f
Specify the target's file flags; see chflags(1) for a list of possible flags and their meanings
-g
Specify a group. A numeric GID is allowed
-M
Disable all use of mmap(2)
-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. A numeric UID is allowed
-p
Preserve the modification time. Copy the file, as if the -C (compare and copy) option is specified, except if the target file doesn't already exist or is different, then preserve the modification time of the file
-S
Safe copy. Normally, install unlinks an existing target before installing the new file. With the -S flag a temporary file is used and then renamed to be the target. The reason this is safer is that if the copy or rename fails, the existing target is left untouched
-s
Exec's the command strip(1) to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large number of systems and binary types
-v
Causes install to show when -C actually installs something
ArgumentsPositional, in order
<file1 file2 | file1 ... fileN directory | directory ...>
File(s) or directory(ies) installation directive · filepaths
