Pádraig,
Concerning the file system: The Apple Finder 'get info' on the hard
drive says:
Format : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
and mount for root says:
>mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
I could not locate ginstall on this machine, nor
by searching on the Gnu website.
>type {g,}install
bash: type: ginstall: not found
install is /usr/bin/install
>which -a {g,}install
/usr/bin/install
/usr/local/bin/install
>ls /bin/{g,}install
ls: /bin/ginstall: No such file or directory
ls: /bin/install: No such file or directory
>ls /usr/bin/{g,}install
ls: /usr/bin/ginstall: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/install
>ls /usr/local/bin/{g,}install
ls: /usr/local/bin/ginstall: No such file or directory
/usr/local/bin/install
One Google match gave a 'man' page suggesting
that it's a version of install. So I tried using install
> echo test > a
> install -Cv -m0644 a b
install: a -> b
> stat a b
234881026 6243208 -rw-r--r-- 1 ellisnthomas staff 0 5 "Mar 27
18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27 18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27 18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27
18:22:25 2013" 4096 8 0 a
234881026 6243209 -rw-r--r-- 1 ellisnthomas staff 0 5 "Mar 27
18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27 18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27 18:22:25 2013" "Mar 27
18:22:25 2013" 4096 8 0 b
> install -Cv -m0644 a b
and with usr/local/bin/install
>echo test > a
>/usr/local/bin/install -Cv -m0644 a b
'a' -> 'b'
>stat a b
234881026 6243501 -rw-r--r-- 1 ellisnthomas staff 0 5 "Mar 27
20:11:58 2013" "Mar 27 20:11:29 2013" "Mar 27 20:11:29 2013" "Mar 27
20:11:29 2013" 4096 8 0 a
234881026 6243502 -rw-r--r-- 1 ellisnthomas staff 0 5 "Mar 27
20:11:58 2013" "Mar 27 20:11:58 2013" "Mar 27 20:11:58 2013" "Mar 27
20:11:58 2013" 4096 8 0 b
>/usr/local/bin/install -Cv -m0644 a b
Hope this helps
Ellis
On 27 Mar 2013, at 13:13, Pádraig Brady wrote:
Could you indicate the file system you're using,
give the output of:
echo test > a
ginstall -Cv -m0644 a b
stat a b
ginstall -Cv -m0644 a b
