INSTALLIT(1)

NAME
       installit - file/directory installation tool

SYNOPSIS
       installit  [  -o  owner  ]  [ -g group ] [ -O owner ] [ -G
       group ] [ -m mode ] [ -b backup ] [ -s ]  [  -t  ]  source
       destination

DESCRIPTION
       Installit  puts a copy of source into the specified desti-
       nation.

       If source is a period, then destination is taken to be the
       name  of  a  directory that should be created.  Otherwise,
       source is taken to name an existing file  and  destination
       may  be  either  a  file  or  directory; it is interpreted
       according to the same rules as cp(1).

       Installit uses no special privileges to  copy  files  from
       one place to another.

OPTIONS
       -b     If  destination  names a pre-existing file, it will
              be removed before the copy  is  done.   To  make  a
              backup copy, use the ``-b'' flag; the existing file
              will be renamed to have  the  specified  extension.
              If  source  and destination are the same string, or
              if the two files are identical, then no copying  is
              done,  and  only  the  ``-o'',  ``-g'', ``-m'', and
              ``-s'' flags (see below) are  processed.   In  this
              case, the modification time on the destination will
              be updated using touch(1).

       -n     Do not update the modification time on the destina-
              tion.

       -o -g -m
              Once the destination has been created, it is possi-
              ble to set the  owner,  group,  and  mode  that  it
              should  have.   This  is  done by using the ``-o'',
              ``-g'', and ``-m'' flags, respectively.

       -O -G  The ``-O'' and ``-G'' flags set the owner and group
              only  if  installit is being run by root, as deter-
              mined by whoami(1).

       -s     To strip(1) an installed executable, use the ``-s''
              flag.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
       Flags cannot be combined.

       The  chown(8)  command  must  exist  in either the /etc or
       /usr/etc directory or the user's PATH.

       The whoami command must exist in the /usr/ucb directory or
       the user's PATH.

HISTORY
       Written  by  Rich  $alz lt;rsalz@uunet.uu.net for InterNet-
       News.  This is revision 1.9, dated 1996/10/29.