pkgask

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                   pkgask(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      pkgask - stores answers to a request script
 


SYNOPSIS
      pkgask [ -d device ]  [ -R root_path ]  -r response  pkginst
      ...
 


DESCRIPTION
      pkgask allows the  administrator  to  store  answers  to  an
      interactive  package  (one with a request script, that is, a
      user-created file that must be named request). Invoking this
      command generates a response file that is then used as input
      at installation time. The use of this response file prevents
      any interaction from occurring during installation since the
      file already contains all of  the  information  the  package
      needs.
 


OPTIONS
      The following options are supported
 
      -d device
            Run the request script for a package on device. device
            can  be  a  directory  pathname or the identifiers for
            tape, floppy disk  or  removable  disk  (for  example,
            /var/tmp,  /dev/diskette,  and  /dev/dsk/c1d0s0).  The
            default device is the installation spool directory.
 
      -R root_path
            Define the full path name of a directory to use as the
            root_path.  All files, including package system infor-
            mation files, are relocated to a directory tree start-
            ing in the specified root_path.
 
      -r response
            Identify a file or directory which should  be  created
            to  contain  the  responses   to  interaction with the
            package.  The name must be a full pathname. The  file,
            or  directory  of files, can later be used as input to
            the pkgadd(1M) command.
 


OPERANDS
      The following operands are supported:
 
      pkginst
            Specify the package instance, or list of instances for
            which  request  scripts will be created. The token all
            may be used to refer to all packages available on  the
            source medium.
 
 EXIT STATUS
      0     Successful completion.
 
 
 
 
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      >0    An error occurred.
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      pkginfo(1), pkgmk(1), pkgparam(1), pkgproto(1), pkgtrans(1),
      installf(1M),     pkgadd(1M),     pkgchk(1M),     pkgrm(1M),
      removef(1M), admin(4),attributes(5)
 
      Application Packaging Developer's Guide
 


NOTES
      The -r option can be used to indicate a  directory  name  as
      well  as  a  filename.  The directory name is used to create
      numerous response files, each sharing the name of the  pack-
      age  with which it should be associated. This would be used,
      for example, when you will be  adding  multiple  interactive
      packages  with  one  invocation  of pkgadd(1M). Each package
      would need a response  file.  To  create  multiple  response
      files  with  the same name as the package instance, name the
      directory in which the files should be  created  and  supply
      multiple  instance  names with the pkgask command. When ins-
      talling the packages, you will  be  able  to  identify  this
      directory to the pkgadd(1M) command.
 
      If the default admin file is too restrictive,  the  adminis-
      tration  file  may  need  to  be modified to allow for total
      non-interaction during a package installation. See  admin(4)
      for details.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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