How is install -c different from cp
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What is the difference between and ? Most installations tend to use , but from the page it doesn't sound like it does anything different than (except maybe the ability to also set permissions). When should I use and when ?
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One significant difference is that cp truncates the destination file and starts copying data from the source into the destination file. install, on the other hand, removes the destination file first. This is significant because if the destination fi…
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