PKGASK(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures PKGASK(8)
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
information files, are relocated to a directory tree
starting in the specified
root_path.
Note -
The root file system of any non-global zones must
not be referenced with the
-R option. Doing so
might damage the global zone's file system, might
compromise the security of the global zone, and
might damage the non-global zone's file system. See
zones(7).
-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(8) 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.
>0 An error occurred.
SEE ALSO
pkginfo(1),
pkgmk(1),
pkgparam(1),
pkgproto(1),
pkgtrans(1),
admin(5),
attributes(7),
installf(8),
pkgadd(8),
pkgchk(8),
pkgrm(8),
removef(8)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 package 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(8). 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 installing the packages, you will be
able to identify this directory to the
pkgadd(8) command.
If the default
admin file is too restrictive, the administration file
may need to be modified to allow for total non-interaction during a
package installation. See
admin(5) for details.
April 6, 2005 PKGASK(8)
