PMKINSTALL(1)

NAME

pmkinstall -- install binaries and data

SYNOPSIS

pmkinstall [-bcs] [-B suffix] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 file2
pmkinstall [-bcs] [-B suffix] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] file1 ...
           fileN directory
pmkinstall -d [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] directory ...
pmkinstall -v
pmkinstall -h

DESCRIPTION

The file(s) are copied to the target file or directory. If the destination is a directory, then the file is copied into directory with its original filename. If the -b option is given and the target file already exists, it is renamed to the original name folloeb by the backup suffix. The default suffix is ".old" but can be overriden with the -B option.

The options are as follows:

-B suffix

Orverride backup suffix

-b Backup any existing files before overwriting.

-c Copy the file. This is actually the default. The -c option is

only included for backwards compatibility.

-d Create directories. Missing parent directories are created as

required.

-g group

Specify a group. A numeric GID is allowed.

-h Display usage.

-m mode

Specify an alternate 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.

-o owner

Specify an owner. A numeric UID is allowed.

-s pmkinstall exec's the command of environment variable STRIP to

strip binaries so that install can be portable over a large number of systems and binary types. If the environment variable
STRIP is not set, the action is skipped.

-h Display version.
The pmkinstall utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

ENVIRONMENT

STRIP Set which strip(1) program to run.

SEE ALSO

pmk(1), pmkscan(1), pmksetup(8)

AUTHOR

Damien Couderc.

BSD June 6, 1993 BSD