PKGPARAM(1) User Commands PKGPARAM(1)

NAME

pkgparam - display package parameter values

SYNOPSIS

pkgparam [-v] [-d device] [-R root_path] pkginst [param]...


pkgparam -f filename [-v] [param]...

DESCRIPTION

pkgparam displays the value associated with the parameter or
parameters requested on the command line. The values are located in
either the pkginfo(5) file for pkginst or from the specific file
named with the -f option.


One parameter value is shown per line. Only the value of a parameter
is given unless the -v option is used. With this option, the output
of the command is in this format:

parameter1='value1'
parameter2='value2'
parameter3='value3'


If no parameters are specified on the command line, values for all
parameters associated with the package are shown.

OPTIONS

Options and arguments for this command are:

-d device
Specify the device on which a pkginst is stored. It
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
special token spool may be used to represent the
default installation spool directory
(/var/spool/pkg).


-f filename
Read filename for parameter values.


-R root_path
Defines the full path name of a subdirectory to use
as the root_path. All files, including package system
information files, are relocated to a directory tree
starting in the specified root_path.


-v
Verbose mode. Display name of parameter and its
value.

OPERANDS

pkginst
Defines a specific package instance for which parameter
values should be displayed.


param
Defines a specific parameter whose value should be
displayed.

ERRORS

If parameter information is not available for the indicated package,
the command exits with a non-zero status.

EXIT STATUS

0
Successful completion.


>0
An error occurred.

SEE ALSO

pkgmk(1), pkgproto(1), pkgtrans(1), pkginfo(5), attributes(7),
largefile(7), pkgadd(8)


Application Packaging Developer's Guide

NOTES

With the -f option, you can specify the file from which parameter
values should be extracted. This file should be in the same format
as a pkginfo(5) file. For example, such a file might be created
during package development and used while testing software during
this stage.


Package commands are largefile(7)-aware. They handle files larger
than 2 GB in the same way they handle smaller files. In their current
implementations, pkgadd(8), pkgtrans(1) and other package commands
can process a datastream of up to 4 GB.

October 30, 2007 PKGPARAM(1)