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# 1  
Old 09-09-2008
Question How to modify BASEDIR with request script?
Here is request script:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
echo "Current install root path is [ $BASEDIR ]"
CONFIRM="n"
while [ "$CONFIRM" != "y" ]
do
        BASEDIR=""
        while true
        do
           echo please input install root path then press [ENTER]:
           read BASEDIR
           if [ ! -d "$BASEDIR" ]
           then
                 echo "$BASEDIR is not a valid path"
           else
              break
           fi
        done
        echo "Are you sure to change install root path to [ $BASEDIR ]? (y/n)"
        read CONFIRM
done
cat >$1 <<!
BASEDIR='$BASEDIR'
!
echo "Install root path is set to [ $BASEDIR ]"
exit 0

The request script is invoked and "BASEDIR" is set correctly. It can also be seen in postinstall script.

The problem is, the package is still installed to the default BASEDIR - "/" rather than the above one. Smilie

Any help will be appreciated! Smilie
# 2  
Old 09-09-2008
What kind of package? What operating system? What is the '$1' that this script is writing the output to?
# 3  
Old 09-09-2008
It's Solaris package.

$1 is an implicit parameter passed into request script.
# 4  
Old 09-09-2008
So... how is the Solaris pkgadd command going to know where you have set this new BASEDIR value? Are you passing it as a parameter on the pkgadd command-line somehow?
# 5  
Old 09-09-2008
Noop....basically that's how UNIX works, you never know what's going on behind the scene.

BASEDIR is a default environment variable. It represents where the root install path, based on Sun document and my understanding.
# 6  
Old 09-10-2008
Well, if that's the case, how are you setting the environment variable? The script above just stores its value in the file specified by $1.
# 7  
Old 09-10-2008
Problem solved.

In file prototype, the path must be relative path rather than absolute path.

/path-1/path-2/... (x)

path-1/path-2/... (v)
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