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class method

FileUtils.install

(::FileUtils::path src, ::FileUtils::path dest, ?mode: ::FileUtils::mode?, ?owner: ::String?, ?group: ::String?, ?preserve: ::boolish, ?noop: ::boolish, ?verbose: ::boolish) -> void

install(src, dest, mode: nil, owner: nil, group: nil, preserve: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)

lib/fileutils.rb View on GitHub ↗

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/lib/fileutils.rb, line 1636
def install(src, dest, mode: nil, owner: nil, group: nil, preserve: nil,
            noop: nil, verbose: nil)
  if verbose
    msg = +"install -c"
    msg << ' -p' if preserve
    msg << ' -m ' << mode_to_s(mode) if mode
    msg << " -o #{owner}" if owner
    msg << " -g #{group}" if group
    msg << ' ' << [src,dest].flatten.join(' ')
    fu_output_message msg
  end
  return if noop
  uid = fu_get_uid(owner)
  gid = fu_get_gid(group)
  fu_each_src_dest(src, dest) do |s, d|
    st = File.stat(s)
    unless File.exist?(d) and compare_file(s, d)
      remove_file d, true
      if d.end_with?('/')
        mkdir_p d
        copy_file s, d + File.basename(s)
      else
        mkdir_p File.expand_path('..', d)
        copy_file s, d
      end
      File.utime st.atime, st.mtime, d if preserve
      File.chmod fu_mode(mode, st), d if mode
      File.chown uid, gid, d if uid or gid
    end
  end
end

Copies a file entry. See install(1).

Arguments src (a single path or an array of paths) and dest (a single path) should be interpretable as paths;

If the entry at dest does not exist, copies from src to dest:

Example

File.read('src0.txt')    # => "aaa\n"
File.exist?('dest0.txt') # => false
FileUtils.install('src0.txt', 'dest0.txt')
File.read('dest0.txt')   # => "aaa\n"

If dest is a file entry, copies from src to dest, overwriting:

Example

File.read('src1.txt')  # => "aaa\n"
File.read('dest1.txt') # => "bbb\n"
FileUtils.install('src1.txt', 'dest1.txt')
File.read('dest1.txt') # => "aaa\n"

If dest is a directory entry, copies from src to dest/src, overwriting if necessary:

Example

File.read('src2.txt')       # => "aaa\n"
File.read('dest2/src2.txt') # => "bbb\n"
FileUtils.install('src2.txt', 'dest2')
File.read('dest2/src2.txt') # => "aaa\n"

If src is an array of paths and dest points to a directory, copies each path path in src to dest/path:

Example

File.file?('src3.txt') # => true
File.file?('src3.dat') # => true
FileUtils.mkdir('dest3')
FileUtils.install(['src3.txt', 'src3.dat'], 'dest3')
File.file?('dest3/src3.txt') # => true
File.file?('dest3/src3.dat') # => true

Keyword arguments:

group: group - changes the group if not nil, using File.chown.
mode: permissions - changes the permissions. using File.chmod.
noop: true - does not copy entries; returns nil.
owner: owner - changes the owner if not nil, using File.chown.
preserve: true - preserve timestamps using File.utime.

verbose: true - prints an equivalent command:

Example

FileUtils.install('src0.txt', 'dest0.txt', noop: true, verbose: true)
FileUtils.install('src1.txt', 'dest1.txt', noop: true, verbose: true)
FileUtils.install('src2.txt', 'dest2', noop: true, verbose: true)

Output:

install -c src0.txt dest0.txt
install -c src1.txt dest1.txt
install -c src2.txt dest2

Related: methods for copying.

See also #install .identical? .link .have_option? also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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