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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2007-11-25 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + Document install's -D option. + * doc/coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document -D. + Reported by Akim Demialle. + setuidgid: Update --help output. * src/setuidgid.c (usage): Describe -g GID[,GID1...] option. Mention that USER may be a numeric ID or a user name. diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 6ed1171de..392359b2f 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7633,6 +7633,13 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. @opindex -c Ignored; for compatibility with old Unix versions of @command{install}. +@item -D +@opindex -D +Create any missing parent directories of @var{dest}, +then copy @var{source} to @var{dest}. +This option is ignored if a destination directory is specified +via @option{--target-directory=DIR}. + @item -d @itemx --directory @opindex -d |