1pkgask(1M) System Administration Commands pkgask(1M)
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6 pkgask - stores answers to a request script
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9 pkgask [-d device] [-R root_path] -r response pkginst...
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13 pkgask allows the administrator to store answers to an interactive
14 package (one with a request script, that is, a user-created file that
15 must be named request). Invoking this command generates a response file
16 that is then used as input at installation time. The use of this
17 response file prevents any interaction from occurring during installa‐
18 tion since the file already contains all of the information the package
19 needs.
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22 The following options are supported
23 -d device Run the request script for a package on device. device
25 can be a directory pathname or the identifiers for
26 tape, floppy disk or removable disk (for example,
27 /var/tmp, /dev/diskette, and /dev/dsk/c1d0s0). The
28 default device is the installation spool directory.
29 -R root_path Define the full path name of a directory to use as the
32 root_path. All files, including package system informa‐
33 tion files, are relocated to a directory tree starting
34 in the specified root_path.
35 Note -
37 The root file system of any non-global zones must not
39 be referenced with the -R option. Doing so might dam‐
40 age the global zone's file system, might compromise
41 the security of the global zone, and might damage the
42 non-global zone's file system. See zones(5).
43 -r response Identify a file or directory which should be created to
46 contain the responses to interaction with the package.
47 The name must be a full pathname. The file, or direc‐
48 tory of files, can later be used as input to the
49 pkgadd(1M) command.
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53 The following operands are supported:
54 pkginst Specify the package instance, or list of instances for which
56 request scripts will be created. The token all may be used
57 to refer to all packages available on the source medium.
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61 0 Successful completion.
62 >0 An error occurred.
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68 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
69 ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
74 │ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
75 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
76 │Availability │SUNWcsu │
77 └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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80 pkginfo(1), pkgmk(1), pkgparam(1), pkgproto(1), pkgtrans(1),
81 installf(1M), pkgadd(1M), pkgchk(1M), pkgrm(1M), removef(1M),
82 admin(4),attributes(5)
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88 The -r option can be used to indicate a directory name as well as a
89 filename. The directory name is used to create numerous response files,
90 each sharing the name of the package with which it should be associ‐
91 ated. This would be used, for example, when you will be adding multiple
92 interactive packages with one invocation of pkgadd(1M). Each package
93 would need a response file. To create multiple response files with the
94 same name as the package instance, name the directory in which the
95 files should be created and supply multiple instance names with the
96 pkgask command. When installing the packages, you will be able to iden‐
97 tify this directory to the pkgadd(1M) command.
98 If the default admin file is too restrictive, the administration file
101 may need to be modified to allow for total non-interaction during a
102 package installation. Seeadmin(4) for details.
103SunOS 5.11 6 Apr 2005 pkgask(1M)