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67 The file(s) are moved (or copied if the
69 option is specified) to the target file or directory.
70 If the destination is a directory, then the
74 with its original filename.
75 If the target file already exists, it is overwritten if permissions
80 Copy the file, as if the
83 except if the target file already exists and the files are the same,
84 then don't change the modification time of the target.
87 This flag turns off the default behavior of
89 where it deletes the original file after creating the target.
91 Print debugging information.
94 is specified one or more times,
95 then print the renaming steps for
99 is specified two or more times,
100 then warn about files that aren't installed with
104 Missing parent directories are created as required.
106 Specify the target's file flags; see
108 for a list of possible flags and their meanings.
111 A numeric GID is allowed.
116 Specify an alternate mode.
117 The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x (0755).
118 The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic value; see
120 for a description of possible mode values.
123 A numeric UID is allowed.
125 Preserve the modification time.
126 Copy the file, as if the
128 (Compare and copy) option is specified,
129 except if the target file doesn't already exist or is different,
130 then preserve the modification time of the file.
135 to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large
136 number of systems and binary types.
142 acutally installs something.
147 preserves all file flags, with the exception of the ``nodump'' flag.
151 utility attempts to prevent moving a file onto itself.
155 creates an empty file.
159 utility exits 0 on success, and 1 otherwise.
161 .Bl -tag -width INS@XXXX -compact
167 option is used, then temporary files named INS@XXXX,
168 where XXXX is decided by
170 are created in the target directory.
186 Temporary files may be left in the target directory if
190 File flags cannot be set by
192 over a NFS file system. Other file systems do not have a concept of flags.
194 will only warn when flags could not be set on a file system
195 that does not support them.
200 falsely says a file is copied when