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
This command installs a one or more files to a given target
path providing all important options of the BSD install(1)
command. The trick is that the functionality is provided in a portable
way.
The following command line options are available.
- -v, --verbose
- Display some processing information.
- -t, --trace
- Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
- -d, --mkdir
- To maximize BSD compatibility, the BSD "shtool
"install -d"" usage is internally
mapped to the "shtool "mkdir -f -p -m
755"" command.
- -c, --copy
- Copy the file to the target path. Default is to move.
- -C,
--compare-copy
- 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, --strip
- This option strips program executables during the installation, see
strip(1). Default is to install verbatim.
- -m, --mode
mode
- The file mode applied to the target, see chmod(1). Setting mode to
""-"" 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, --owner
owner
- 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, --group
group
- 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, --exec
sed-cmd
- This option can be used one or multiple times to apply one or more
sed(1) commands to the file contents during installation.
# 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)/
The GNU shtool install command was originally
written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 1997 for
GNU shtool. It was prompted by portability issues in the installation
procedures of OSSP libraries.