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diff --git a/usr.bin/xinstall/install.1 b/usr.bin/xinstall/install.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c7c415 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/xinstall/install.1 @@ -0,0 +1,260 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" From: @(#)install.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd March 6, 2006 +.Dt INSTALL 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm install +.Nd install binaries +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl bCcMpSsv +.Op Fl B Ar suffix +.Op Fl f Ar flags +.Op Fl g Ar group +.Op Fl m Ar mode +.Op Fl o Ar owner +.Ar file1 file2 +.Nm +.Op Fl bCcMpSsv +.Op Fl B Ar suffix +.Op Fl f Ar flags +.Op Fl g Ar group +.Op Fl m Ar mode +.Op Fl o Ar owner +.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 ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The file(s) are copied +to the target file or directory. +If the destination is a directory, then the +.Ar file +is copied into +.Ar directory +with its original filename. +If the target file already exists, it is +either renamed to +.Ar file Ns Pa .old +if the +.Fl b +option is given +or overwritten +if permissions allow. +An alternate backup suffix may be specified via the +.Fl B +option's argument. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl b +Back up any existing files before overwriting them by renaming +them to +.Ar file Ns Pa .old . +See +.Fl B +for specifying a different backup suffix. +.It Fl B Ar suffix +Use +.Ar suffix +as the backup suffix if +.Fl b +is given. +.It Fl C +Copy the file. +If the target file already exists and the files are the same, +then do not change the modification time of the target. +If the target's file flags and mode need not to be changed, +the target's inode change time is also unchanged. +.It Fl c +Copy the file. +This is actually the default. +The +.Fl c +option is only included for backwards compatibility. +.It Fl d +Create directories. +Missing parent directories are created as required. +.It Fl f +Specify the target's file flags; see +.Xr chflags 1 +for a list of possible flags and their meanings. +.It Fl g +Specify a group. +A numeric GID is allowed. +.It Fl M +Disable all use of +.Xr mmap 2 . +.It Fl 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 +.Xr chmod 1 +for a description of possible mode values. +.It Fl o +Specify an owner. +A numeric UID is allowed. +.It Fl p +Preserve the access and modification times. +Copy the file, as if the +.Fl C +(compare and copy) option is specified, +except if the target file does not already exist or is different, +then preserve the access and modification times of the source file. +.It Fl S +Safe copy. +Normally, +.Nm +unlinks an existing target before installing the new file. +With the +.Fl 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. +.It Fl s +.Nm +exec's the command +.Xr strip 1 +to strip binaries so that +.Nm +can be portable over a large +number of systems and binary types. +See below for how +.Nm +can be instructed to use another program to strip binaries. +.It Fl v +Cause +.Nm +to be verbose, +showing files as they are installed or backed up. +.El +.Pp +By default, +.Nm +preserves all file flags, with the exception of the +.Dq nodump +flag. +.Pp +The +.Nm +utility attempts to prevent moving a file onto itself. +.Pp +Installing +.Pa /dev/null +creates an empty file. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +The +.Nm +utility checks for the presence of the +.Ev STRIPBIN +environment variable and if present, +uses the assigned value as the program to run if and when the +.Fl s +option has been specified. +.Pp +If the +.Ev DONTSTRIP +environment variable is present, +.Nm +will ignore any specification of the +.Fl s +option. +This is mainly for use in debugging the +.Fx +Ports Collection. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width ".Pa INS@XXXX" -compact +.It Pa INS@XXXX +If either +.Fl S +option is specified, or the +.Fl C +or +.Fl p +option is used in conjunction with the +.Fl s +option, temporary files named +.Pa INS@XXXX , +where +.Pa XXXX +is decided by +.Xr mkstemp 3 , +are created in the target directory. +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std +.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 , +.Xr chmod 1 , +.Xr cp 1 , +.Xr mv 1 , +.Xr strip 1 , +.Xr mmap 2 , +.Xr chown 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +.Sh BUGS +Temporary files may be left in the target directory if +.Nm +exits abnormally. +.Pp +File flags cannot be set by +.Xr fchflags 2 +over a NFS file system. +Other file systems do not have a concept of flags. +The +.Nm +utility will only warn when flags could not be set on a file system +that does not support them. +.Pp +The +.Nm +utility with +.Fl v +falsely says a file is copied when +.Fl C +snaps hard links. |
