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Date:      Tue, 4 Apr 1995 17:32:49 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@trout.sri.MT.net>
To:        terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: new install(1) utility
Message-ID:  <199504042332.RAA08071@trout.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) "Re: new install(1) utility" (Apr  4,  5:15pm)

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> > As long as I'm in a rebutting mood.
> > 
> > > Much better (if one must hack on install) to cause intermediately
> > > created directories when installing a target to be owned by the
> > > specified user and group instead of being owned by the installer
> > > (hint: this would fix a number of X install problems).
> > 
> > 1) Install doesn't create any intermediate directories.  Install doesn't
> >    create directories period.  (Although NetBSD has added support for that
> >    in their version).
> 
> % man install
> [ ... ]
>      -d             Create a directory.  .....

That ain't a FreeBSD machine you're on so none of the remaining
arguements apply.



Nate




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