install

Copy files and set attributes, copies files while setting their permission modes and, if possible, their owner and group.

Syntax
      install [options]... SOURCE DEST

      install [options]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY

      install -d [options]... DIRECTORY...

The 3 variants above install either a single SOURCE file to DEST target or copy multiple SOURCE files to the destination. In the last variant, each DIRECTORY (and any missing parent directories) is created.

'install' is similar to 'cp', but allows you to control the attributes of destination files. It is typically used in Makefiles to copy programs into their destination directories. It refuses to copy files onto themselves.

Options

   -b
   --backup
       Make a backup of each file that would otherwise be overwritten or
       removed.  *Note Backup options::.

   -C
       Install file, unless target already exists and is the same file,
       in which case the modification time is not changed.

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

   -d
   --directory
       Create each given directory and any missing parent directories, setting the owner,
       group and mode as given on the command line or to the defaults.
       It also gives any parent directories it creates those attributes.

   -g GROUP
   --group=GROUP
       Set the group ownership of installed files or directories to GROUP.
       The default is the process's current group. GROUP can be either a group name
       or a numeric group id.

   -m MODE
   --mode=MODE
       Set the permissions 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 (*note File permissions::).
       The default mode is 0755--read, write, and execute for the owner, and read and execute for group and other.

   -o OWNER
   --owner=OWNER
       If 'install' has appropriate privileges (is run as root), set the ownership of installed 
       files or directories to OWNER. The default is 'root'.
       OWNER can be either a user name or a numeric user ID.

   -p
   --preserve-timestamps
       Set the time of last access and the time of last modification of each installed file
       to match those of each corresponding original file.
       When a file is installed without this option, its last access and last modification
       times are both set to the time of installation.
       This option is useful if you want to use the last modification times of installed files 
       to keep track of when they were last built as opposed to when they were last installed.

   -s
   --strip
       Strip the symbol tables from installed binary executables.

   -S SUFFIX
   --suffix=SUFFIX
       Append SUFFIX to each backup file made with '-b'.

   -v
   --verbose
       Print the name of each file before copying it.

   -V METHOD
   --version-control=METHOD
       Change the type of backups made with '-b'.
       The METHOD argument can be 'numbered' (or 't'), 'existing' (or 'nil'), or 'never' (or 'simple').

"SysAdmins can't be sued for malpractice but surgeons don't have to deal with patients who install new versions of their own innards"

Related linux commands

cp - Copy one or more files to another location.
Equivalent Windows command: ROBOCOPY - Robust File and Folder Copy.


 
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