Re: install(1) fails when reading from stdin
On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 02:59:30PM +, Alfred Morgan wrote: > Of course I can cat > a/b/myfile && chown me a/b/myfile && chgrp me > a/b/myfile && chmod 0440 a/b/myfile but I know there is a stock command > that fits the bill (install) but then I find to my disappointment that > install can't accept stdin. What a let down and it feels anti-unix to me. Please read the very last line of the DESCRIPTION section of install(1) and then use install(1) followed by cat(1). There's no point in adding features to install(1). Ciao, Kili
Re: install(1) fails when reading from stdin
> Not a bug Call it a feature request then. I think that it is more useful and consistent with other unix commands if install can source from stdin. cp /dev/stdin /tmp/works as expected so I should be able to expect install do the same. > What problem are you trying to solve I have run into this issue a few times before but in my particular case right now I want to have several text notes with different configurations that I can copy and paste on to typically fresh installed machines for example: # install -o me -g me -m 0644 ~me/.ssh/known_hosts << \. foo bar . and if I have another config file I want to make I can use the above as a template, copy-paste it, and I would only have to change the filename in one place. Of course I can cat > a/b/myfile && chown me a/b/myfile && chgrp me a/b/myfile && chmod 0440 a/b/myfile but I know there is a stock command that fits the bill (install) but then I find to my disappointment that install can't accept stdin. What a let down and it feels anti-unix to me. On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 9:45 PM Philip Guenther wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, Alfred Morgan wrote: > > >Synopsis: install(1) fails when reading from stdin > > >Category: usr.bin > > >Environment: > > System : OpenBSD 6.1 > > Details : OpenBSD 6.1 (GENERIC.MP) #21: Wed Aug 30 08:21:38 > > CEST 2017 > > rob...@syspatch-61-amd64.openbsd.org: > > /usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > > > > Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64 > > Machine : amd64 > > >Description: > > install has trouble reading from stdin and there is no "-" file > > argument to fall back on. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > $ echo test | install /dev/stdin /tmp/bug > > install: /dev/stdin: Inappropriate file type or format > > That's not a documented and supported use of install(1). "Not a bug" > > "What problem are you trying to solve" > > > Philip Guenther > -- -alfred
Re: install(1) fails when reading from stdin
On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, Alfred Morgan wrote: > >Synopsis: install(1) fails when reading from stdin > >Category: usr.bin > >Environment: > System : OpenBSD 6.1 > Details : OpenBSD 6.1 (GENERIC.MP) #21: Wed Aug 30 08:21:38 > CEST 2017 > rob...@syspatch-61-amd64.openbsd.org: > /usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > > Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64 > Machine : amd64 > >Description: > install has trouble reading from stdin and there is no "-" file > argument to fall back on. > >How-To-Repeat: > $ echo test | install /dev/stdin /tmp/bug > install: /dev/stdin: Inappropriate file type or format That's not a documented and supported use of install(1). "Not a bug" "What problem are you trying to solve" Philip Guenther
install(1) fails when reading from stdin
>Synopsis: install(1) fails when reading from stdin >Category: usr.bin >Environment: System : OpenBSD 6.1 Details : OpenBSD 6.1 (GENERIC.MP) #21: Wed Aug 30 08:21:38 CEST 2017 rob...@syspatch-61-amd64.openbsd.org: /usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64 Machine : amd64 >Description: install has trouble reading from stdin and there is no "-" file argument to fall back on. >How-To-Repeat: $ echo test | install /dev/stdin /tmp/bug install: /dev/stdin: Inappropriate file type or format -- -alfred
