The provided command: ```bash install -d -m 755 /usr/local/sbin ``` performs the following: 1. **`install`...
September 5, 2025 at 05:04 PM
The provided command:
install -d -m 755 /usr/local/sbin
performs the following:
-
install
command: This is commonly used in Unix/Linux systems to copy files and set file attributes (like mode/permissions, ownership, etc.) or create directories with specific permissions. -
-d
option: This tells theinstall
command to create a directory instead of installing a file. -
-m 755
option: This sets the permissions of the created directory to755
. The permissions755
mean:- Owner of the directory has read, write, and execute permissions.
- Group and others have read and execute permissions.
-
/usr/local/sbin
: This is the directory that the command will create.
Summary:
The command creates the /usr/local/sbin
directory with owner-read/write/execute and group/others-read/execute permissions (755). If the directory already exists, it does nothing (quietly exits without error).
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