Document install's -D option.

* doc/coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document -D.
Reported by Akim Demialle.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 31192733bb831602b6ba435d8b3c866b2ac52e97..594e01a39d21c936eb0becdbead8b35853c40a05 100644 (file)
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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2007-11-25  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+       Document install's -D option.
+       * doc/coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document -D.
+       Reported by Akim Demialle.
+
        setuidgid: Update --help output.
        * src/setuidgid.c (usage): Describe -g GID[,GID1...] option.
        Mention that USER may be a numeric ID or a user name.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
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--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7633,6 +7633,13 @@ The program accepts the following options.  Also see @ref{Common options}.
 @opindex -c
 Ignored; for compatibility with old Unix versions of @command{install}.
 
+@item -D
+@opindex -D
+Create any missing parent directories of @var{dest},
+then copy @var{source} to @var{dest}.
+This option is ignored if a destination directory is specified
+via @option{--target-directory=DIR}.
+
 @item -d
 @itemx --directory
 @opindex -d