Bug 122271

Summary:

[patch] xinstall(8) - Add support for -D option (create parent directories before installing file(s))

Product:

Base System

Reporter:

Ganael LAPLANCHE <ganael.laplanche>

Component:

bin

Assignee:

freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>

Status:

Open ---

Severity:

Affects Only Me

CC:

ganael.laplanche, martymac

Priority:

Normal

Keywords:

patch

Version:

7.0-STABLE

Hardware:

Any

OS:

Any

Attachments:

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Description Ganael LAPLANCHE 2008-03-30 21:50:00 UTC

This patch enhances install by bringing support for automatically creating
target directory's hierarchy before installing files (-D option).

examples :

install -D foo bar/
Will create directory bar/ and install foo inside.

install -D foo bar
Same behaviour as before : file foo is installed as bar

install -D foo bar baz/abc/
or
install -D foo bar baz/abc
Will create target directory baz/abc and install foo and bar inside.

install -d -D foo bar
Same behaviour as before : directories foo and bar are created

This options is inspired from gnu's install and may simplify porter's work.
I have updated documentation (install.1) to make the new option appear.

Fix: Patch attached with submission follows:

Comment 1 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer

2018-05-20 23:50:59 UTC

For bugs matching the following conditions:
- Status == In Progress
- Assignee == "bugs@FreeBSD.org"
- Last Modified Year <= 2017

Do
- Set Status to "Open"

Comment 2 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer

2022-10-17 12:40:00 UTC

Keyword: 

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or  patch-ready

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    [patch]

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