NAME¶
installit - file/directory installation tool
SYNOPSIS¶
installit [
-o owner ] [
-g group ] [
-O owner ] [
-G group ] [
-m mode ]
[
-b backup ] [
-s ] [
-t ]
source
destination
DESCRIPTION¶
Installit puts a copy of
source into the specified
destination.
If
source is a period, then
destination is taken to be the name of
a directory that should be created. Otherwise,
source is taken to name
an existing file and
destination may be either a file or directory; it
is interpreted according to the same rules as
cp(1).
Installit uses no special privileges to copy files from one place to
another.
OPTIONS¶
- -b
- If destination names a pre-existing file, it will be removed before
the copy is done. To make a backup copy, use the `` -b'' flag; the
existing file will be renamed to have the specified extension. If
source and destination are the same string, or if the two
files are identical, then no copying is done, and only the `` -o'',
`` -g'', ``-m'', and `` -s'' flags (see below) are
processed. In this case, the modification time on the destination
will be updated using touch(1).
- -n
- Do not update the modification time on the destination.
- -o -g -m
- Once the destination has been created, it is possible to set the
owner, group, and mode that it should have. This is done by using the ``
-o'', ``-g'', and `` -m'' flags, respectively.
- -O -G
- The ``-O'' and ``-G'' flags set the owner and group only if
installit is being run by root, as determined by
whoami(1).
- -s
- To strip(1) an installed executable, use the `` -s''
flag.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS¶
Flags cannot be combined.
The
chown(8) command must exist in either the
/etc or
/usr/etc directory or the user's PATH.
The
whoami command must exist in the
/usr/ucb directory or the
user's PATH.
HISTORY¶
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is
revision 1.9, dated 1996/10/29.