From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:39:47 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Document install's -D option.
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Document install's -D option.

* doc/coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document -D.
Reported by Akim Demialle.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 31192733bb..594e01a39d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ 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
index 6ed1171de4..392359b2ff 100644
--- 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