Bug 122271 - xinstall(8) - Add support for -D option (create parent directories before installing file(s))
Summary: xinstall(8) - Add support for -D option (create parent directories before ins...
Status: Open
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: bin (show other bugs)
Version: 7.0-STABLE
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2008-03-30 21:50 UTC by Ganael LAPLANCHE
Modified: 2025-03-18 19:41 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:

Attachments
file.diff (3.56 KB, patch)
2008-03-30 21:50 UTC, Ganael LAPLANCHE 		no flags Details | Diff
xinstall.diff (3.62 KB, patch)
2025-03-18 19:41 UTC, Mark Linimon 		no flags Details | Diff
Show Obsolete (1) View All Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
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 freebsd_triage 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 freebsd_triage 2022-10-17 12:40:00 UTC 
Keyword: 

    patch
or  patch-ready

– in lieu of summary line prefix: 

    [patch]

* bulk change for the keyword
* summary lines may be edited manually (not in bulk). 

Keyword descriptions and search interface: 

    <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/describekeywords.cgi>
Comment 3 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2025-03-18 19:41:04 UTC 
Created attachment 258783 [details]
xinstall.diff

^Triage: rebase patch.