Manual: install

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NAME
       install	- Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permis‐
       sion modes and owner/group

SYNOPSIS
       install [--backup] [-b ]	 [-c  ]	 [-C|--compare]	 [-d|--directory]  [-D	]  [-g|--group]	 [-m|--mode]
       [-o|--owner] [-p|--preserve-timestamps] [-s|--strip] [--strip-program] [-S|--suffix] [-t|--target-di‐
       rectory]	  [-T|--no-target-directory]   [-v|--verbose]	[-P|--preserve-context]	 [-Z  ]	 [--context]
       [-U|--unprivileged] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files]

DESCRIPTION
       Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing DIRECTORY, while setting  permission  modes
       and owner/group

OPTIONS
       --backup[=]
	      make a backup of each existing destination file

       -b     like --backup but does not accept an argument

       -c     ignored

       -C, --compare
	      compare each pair of source and destination files, and in some cases, do not modify the desti‐
	      nation at all

       -d, --directory
	      treat all arguments as directory names. create all components of the specified directories

       -D     create all leading components of DEST except the last, then copy SOURCE to DEST

       -g, --group 
	      set group ownership, instead of process's current group

       -m, --mode 
	      set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of rwxr-xr-x

       -o, --owner 
	      set ownership (super-user only)

       -p, --preserve-timestamps
	      apply access/modification times of SOURCE files to corresponding destination files

       -s, --strip
	      strip symbol tables

       --strip-program 
	      program used to strip binaries

       -S, --suffix 
	      override the usual backup suffix

       -t, --target-directory 
	      move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY

       -T, --no-target-directory
	      treat DEST as a normal file

       -v, --verbose
	      explain what is being done

       -P, --preserve-context
	      preserve security context

       -Z     set SELinux security context of destination file and each created directory to default type

       --context []
	      set security context of files and directories

       -U, --unprivileged
	      do  not  require	elevated privileges to change the owner, the group, or the file flags of the
	      destination

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

       [files]

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

						 2026-04-16					  INSTALL(1)