A/UX install (was: Ease (sendmail.cf high level language))
John Michael Sovereign
jms at apple.com
Fri Mar 1 11:10:28 AEST 1991
In a previous article barnett at grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) writes:
> The A/UX install is not compatible with any other version of
> install I have ever used. I really don't understand why Apple would
> break a common Unix utility. The simple
>
> install file directory
>
> command does not work with A/UX. Can someone explain to me the reason?
I guess you've never used a System V version of install. For good and
bad, the A/UX utilities are largely System V based and install is not an
exception. Install was enhanced for A/UX 2.0 to accept Berkeley-style
arguments, but the default behavior for System V install is to complain when
the target does not exist. Sigh.
[root at glasnost-5] install foobar /bin
install: foobar was not found anywhere!
On System V, you must specify a directory with -n or -f in order to
install a target which does not exist.
[root at glasnost-13] install -n /bin foobar /bin
foobar installed as /bin/foobar by default!
John Sovereign
jms at apple.com
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