NAME
shtool install - GNU shtool install(1) command
SYNOPSIS
shtool install
[-v|--verbose]
[-t|--trace]
[-d|--mkdir]
[-c|--copy]
[-C|--compare-copy]
[-s|--strip]
[-m|--mode mode]
[-o|--owner owner]
[-g|--group group]
[-e|--exec sed-cmd]
file [file ...]
path
DESCRIPTION
This command installs a one or more files to a given target path
providing all important options of the \s-1BSD\s0 install(1) command.
The trick is that the functionality is provided in a portable way.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
"-v,
Display some processing information.
"-t,
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
"-d,
To maximize \s-1BSD\s0 compatiblity, the \s-1BSD\s0 "shtool CWinstall -d“ usage is
internally mapped to the ”shtool CWmkdir -f -p -m 755" command.
"-c,
Copy the file to the target path. Default is to move.
"-C,
Same as -c except if the destination file already exists and is
identical to the source file, no installation is done and the target
remains untouched.
"-s,
This option strips program executables during the installation, see
strip(1). Default is to install verbatim.
"-m,
The file mode applied to the target, see chmod(1). Setting mode to
"CW-" skips this step and leaves the operating system default which is
usually based on umask(1). Some file modes require superuser privileges
to be set. Default is 0755.
"-o,
The file owner name or id applied to the target, see chown(1). This
option requires superuser privileges to execute. Default is to skip this
step and leave the operating system default which is usually based on
the executing uid or the parent setuid directory.
"-g,
The file group name or id applied to the target, see chgrp(1). This
option requires superuser privileges to execute to the fullest extend,
otherwise the choice of group is limited on most operating systems.
Default is to skip this step and leave the operating system default
which is usually based on the executing gid or the parent setgid
directory.
"-e,
This option can be used one or multiple times to apply one or more
sed(1) commands to the file contents during installation.
EXAMPLE
# Makefile
install:
:
shtool install -c -s -m 4755 foo $(bindir)/
shtool install -c -m 644 foo.man $(mandir)/man1/foo.1
shtool install -c -m 644 -e "s/@p@/$prefix/g" foo.conf $(etcdir)/
HISTORY
The \s-1GNU\s0 shtool install command was originally written by Ralf S.
Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 1997 for \s-1GNU\s0 shtool. It
was prompted by portability issues in the installation procedures of
\s-1OSSP\s0 libraries.
SEE ALSO
shtool(1), umask(1), chmod(1), chown(1), chgrp(1), strip(1), sed(1).
