Re: 'install --target-directory' is documented but not implemented

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> The --target-directory option is documented for 'install', but it's
> not implemented.  Here's a patch to implement it.  It steals most of
> the code from the changes I've already proposed for cp/ln/mv.
>
> 2004-06-25  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
>
>       Add support for 'install --target-directory', an option
>       that has been documented for years but not implemented (!).
>       * doc/coreutils.texi (install invocation): Document
>       --target-directory in synopsis, too.
>       * src/install.c (TARGET_DIRECTORY_OPTION): New var.
>       (long_options, main, usage): Add --target-directory.
>       (target_directory_operand): New function, stolen from mv.c.
>       (main): Use it.  Check for -d and --target-directory.
>       Alter wording of diagnostics to match other programs.

Thanks.
I've applied this.