NAME
gauche-install - install files and set attributes
SYNOPSIS
1)* gauche-install [OPTION...] FILE DEST
2)* gauche-install [OPTION...] FILE... DIRECTORY
3)* gauche-install -d [OPTION...] DIRECTORY...
4) gauche-install -T DIRECTORY [OPTION...] FILE...
5) gauche-install -U DIRECTORY [OPTION...] FILE...
DESCRIPTION
gauche-install is a program to install and remove files. On
installation it allows to set ownership and permissions. This command
is upward compatible with BSD install(1) and can be used as a drop-in
replacement of it. Notably, 1st, 2nd and 3rd command-line format
above are compatible with BSD install.
This command is provided mainly for Gauche’s extension packages to have
simpler installation and configuration process. Being certain that
gauche-install is available, those packages don’t need to worry about
subtle differences between various install(1) commands.
The first format copies FILE on the file or in the directory named by
DEST. The second format copies FILE ... into the directory DIRECTORY.
The third format ensures DIRECTORY exists. If it doesn’t, the command
creates the path to the DIRECTORY , including any intermediate ones.
The fourth format installing FILE ... to the DIRECTORY. It is more
convenient than the first and second formats in the following regards:
* If the destination directory does not exist, it is created (with
any intermediate paths as needed).
* The list of files can be empty, so that when the list of installed
files can be generated by configuration, you don’t need to handle
the empty case specially in Makefile. (With BSD install format,
empty file list yields an error.)
* The directory prefix of files are preserved within the destination
directory. This is handy to install subtree of files. For example,
the following command installs ’/usr/share/foo/main’,
’/usr/share/foo/conf/x’ and ’/usr/share/foo/conf/y’ with a single
command.
gauche-install -T /usr/share/foo main conf/x conf/y
Giving -p option suppresses this behavior and strips any directory
prefix like the second format. The following command line installs
’/usr/share/foo/main’, ’/usr/share/foo/x’ and ’/usr/share/foo/y’.
gauche-install -T /usr/share/foo -p main conf/x conf/y
The fifth format removes FILE ... in the DIRECTORY. Irrelevant
options are ignored, so it is handy to uninstall files just by chaning
-T in the fourth format to -U.
OPTIONS
-C, --canonical-suffix
This is used specially to install Gauche’s autogenerated Scheme
source by experimental precompilation. The generated file has a
*.sci. Upon installation, this command replaces the suffix for
*.scm.
-d, --directory
Creates directories. (3rd format only). It is only for the
compatibility. Using the -T option, the destination directories
are created automatically if missing.
-g, --group=GROUP
Change group of the installed file.
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-m, --mode=MODE
Change mode of the installed file.
-n, --dry-run
Just prints what actions to be done.
-o, --owner=OWNER
Change owner of the installed file.
-p, --strip-prefix=PREFIX
Strip PREFIX directories from FILE(s) before installation. (4th/5th
format only).
--shebang=PATH
Adds #!PATH before the file contents. Useful to install scripts.
-S, --srcdir=directory
Look for files within directory; useful if VPATH is used in
Makefiles.
-T, --target=directory
Installs files to the directory, creating paths if needed. Partial
path of files are preserved unless -p option is given. (4th format
only)
-U, --uninstall=directory
Reverse of -T, e.g. removes files from its destination. Other
options (except -h and -n) are ignored.
-v, --verbose
Work verbosely.
DIAGNOSTICS
gauche-install exits with status 0 on success.
SEE ALSO
gauche-package(1), install(1)
The program will be documented fully by the Gauche Developers´
Reference available via the info(1) system.
AUTHORS
Shiro Kawai <shiro@acm.org>
Author.
Jens Thiele <karme@karme.de>
Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010 Jens Thiele
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
without any warranty.