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Authored by des on Jul 19 2026, 7:34 PM.
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If from_name is "/dev/stdin" or "-" and the target is not a directory,
skip the comparison and copy data from standard input to the target.

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des requested review of this revision.Jul 19 2026, 7:34 PM

separate devnull and ispipe cases

Apart from the comment I don't understand, this is good, I think.

usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c
832

comment says no name, but this is can't create a directory, no?

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 20 2026, 10:20 PM
usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c
832

install() has two modes depending on whether the target is an existing file or non-existent path on the one hand, or an existing directory on the other. In the first case, we use the target name as-is, but in the second we create a file in the target directory with the same name as the source. In the devnull and ispipe cases, however, we don't have a valid name to use for the target.

usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c
832

To be clear, install() does not create directories, install_dir() does. What flags & DIRECTORY means is that to_name exists and is a directory.

des marked an inline comment as done.Jul 21 2026, 8:04 AM
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