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| author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-30 09:45:47 +0000 |
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| committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-30 09:45:47 +0000 |
| commit | 0ca37f1781974931178f1686aa592a3072810131 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b41620742a8ae5b3a81b4c942ad05b679800231 /usr.bin/xinstall | |
| parent | b410bb546abd3f7523a7471eccd3b661dbbb053c (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-0ca37f1781974931178f1686aa592a3072810131.zip FreeBSD-src-0ca37f1781974931178f1686aa592a3072810131.tar.gz | |
Note that the default behavior has changed to copy files.
Also, fix markup in the SYNOPSIS.
Submitted by: dougb
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/xinstall')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/xinstall/install.1 | 20 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/xinstall/install.1 b/usr.bin/xinstall/install.1 index 834a050..fbab819 100644 --- a/usr.bin/xinstall/install.1 +++ b/usr.bin/xinstall/install.1 @@ -54,24 +54,20 @@ .Op Fl g Ar group .Op Fl m Ar mode .Op Fl o Ar owner -.Ar file1 -\&... -.Ar fileN directory +.Ar file1 ... fileN directory .Nm .Fl d .Op Fl v .Op Fl g Ar group .Op Fl m Ar mode .Op Fl o Ar owner -.Ar directory -\&... +.Ar directory ... .Sh DESCRIPTION -The file(s) are moved (or copied if the -.Fl c -option is specified) to the target file or directory. +The file(s) are copied +to the target file or directory. If the destination is a directory, then the .Ar file -is moved into +is copied into .Ar directory with its original filename. If the target file already exists, it is @@ -203,6 +199,12 @@ is decided by .Xr mkstemp 3 , are created in the target directory. .El +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +Historically +.Nm +moved files by default. +The default was changed to copy in +.Fx 4.4 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chflags 1 , .Xr chgrp 1 , |
