MKC_INSTALL(1)

💖 MKC_INSTALL(1) — bestie's guide to install 💖

okay so you found the install page, welcome, pull up a chair, we're installing binaries and we're gonna have a time ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

install — install binaries, that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

install -d [-o own] [-g grp] [-m mod] dir1 dir2 ... dirN
install [-cs] [-l flags] [-o own] [-g grp] [-m mod] file1 file2
install [-cs] [-l flags] [-o own] [-g grp] [-m mod] [files...] dir

like, pick a lane, all three are valid, no cap 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the file(s) get copied to the target file or directory. That's the vibe. And if the destination is a directory? Then the file gets copied into that directory keeping its original filename, which is honestly so considerate of her 😭💖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -c — Copy the file. This is literally the default behavior already; the flag is just kept around for backwards compatibility only. so it's giving legacy, it's giving nostalgia, but she's still here 🎀
• -d — Create directories. Any missing parent directories get created as required, because she's not gonna make you do it in steps, she's a main character 👑
• -g group — Specify a group. yep, that's the whole thing 🍓
• -l linkflags — Instead of copying the file, she makes a link to the source. The type of link is determined by the linkflags argument. Valid linkflags are: h (hard), s (symbolic). two letters, two vibes, choose wisely bestie 💫
• -m mode — Specify an alternative mode. The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x (0755). The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic value; see chmod(1) for a description of possible mode values. so many options, so little time 🌈
• -o owner — Specify an owner. slay 💅
• -s — install exec's the command strip(1) to strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large number of systems and binary types. And if the environment variable STRIP is set, it is used as the strip(1) program. she's adaptable, she's flexible, she's iconic 🔥

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

• STRIP — The program used to strip installed binaries when the -s option is used. If unspecified, strip is used. so like, set it if you want, or don't, she has a default and she's fine with it 💜

⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

The install utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. zero means we ate, anything above zero means something went wrong and we're crying 😭

💀 AUTHOR 💀

Aleksey Cheusov <vle@gmx.net> — thank you for your service, king 🫶👑

no cap, that's the whole page, every flag, every default, every path, all of it, preserved in the group chat forever 💖

and that's the tea ☕ this was MKC_INSTALL(1) from Jan 26, 2020, mwah, go install something gorgeous 💅✨🌸