You do it with pkgadd the same way you do it with every other command... You check the man page for the utility in question to see what exit code it produces when it succeeds. You run the command. You check the exit code after the command completes. And, if the exit code matches the exit code listed on the man page for that utility for successful completion, then you know the command succeeded; otherwise, it failed.
As with about 99.44% of utilities, pkgadd exits with exit code 0 if it completed successfully. Of course, the way you check the exit status varies depending on the shell you use (and you haven't bothered to tell us what shell you use). If we make the wild assumption that you're using sh, ksh, bash, or /usr/xpg4/bin/sh (or another shell based on Bourne shell syntax), you could try something like:
Hello There,
Aftar all i successfully installed Solaris 8 on my Primary Slave 2nd Hard disk.
Here what i did.
I kept my first hard disk (Windows Me) on primary Master and put my new 2nd hard disk on Primary Slave, CDROM is on Secondary slave.
When i install solaris8 it ask me two... (0 Replies)
Hi - Basic question from newbie
I need to find out how to verify hardware installed on HPUX server. Mid-range server - as in i need to prove to customer that a specific cpu is installed, so much memory is installed, etc.
PLEASE HELP.
TA (1 Reply)
Hi - Basic question from newbie
I need to find out how to verify hardware installed on HPUX server. Mid-range server - as in i need to prove to customer that a specific cpu is installed, so much memory is installed, etc.
PLEASE HELP.
TA (16 Replies)
i want to write shell script that exit by displaying error if sqlplus is not installed.
The platform is oracle10g on solaris sparc.
I tried the which sqlplus command, but it returns errorcode 0 even sqlplus is not installed.
Kindly help? (3 Replies)
I develop a unix program in HPUX
I want to package my program
to install on HPUX in some dierctory folder
like /user/local/sbin/xxx
and preinstall some software before install my program
package like xxx.depot
how can i do it, have any tools like use setupfactory tools in windows
... (4 Replies)
Hi gurus, how to (just) download already installed package ?
I tried
sudo apt-get -d install putty
but gives me
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
putty is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to... (7 Replies)
Hi,
What is the necessary package that needs to be installed for using pam_mkhomedir.so in pam.conf file?
And from where can i get that file?
Is that package already shipped with Solaris 10?
Because when i use that file i am getting "open_module: stat(/usr/lib/security/pam_mkhomedir.so)... (1 Reply)
Hello,
i have installed a package by using the command
sudo rpm -i filepackage.rpm
package filepackage is already installed
when i try to remove it, i get an error saying "is not installed":
sudo rpm -e filepackage.rpm
error: package filepackage is not installed
How can... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: g_p
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
exit
exit(1) User Commands exit(1)NAME
exit, return, goto - shell built-in functions to enable the execution of the shell to advance beyond its sequence of steps
SYNOPSIS
sh
exit [n]
return [n]
csh
exit [ ( expr )]
goto label
ksh
*exit [n]
*return [n]
DESCRIPTION
sh
exit will cause the calling shell or shell script to exit with the exit status specified by n. If n is omitted the exit status is that of
the last command executed (an EOF will also cause the shell to exit.)
return causes a function to exit with the return value specified by n. If n is omitted, the return status is that of the last command exe-
cuted.
csh
exit will cause the calling shell or shell script to exit, either with the value of the status variable or with the value specified by the
expression expr.
The goto built-in uses a specified label as a search string amongst commands. The shell rewinds its input as much as possible and searches
for a line of the form label: possibly preceded by space or tab characters. Execution continues after the indicated line. It is an error to
jump to a label that occurs between a while or for built-in command and its corresponding end.
ksh
exit will cause the calling shell or shell script to exit with the exit status specified by n. The value will be the least significant 8
bits of the specified status. If n is omitted then the exit status is that of the last command executed. When exit occurs when executing
a trap, the last command refers to the command that executed before the trap was invoked. An end-of-file will also cause the shell to exit
except for a shell which has the ignoreeof option (See set below) turned on.
return causes a shell function or '.' script to return to the invoking script with the return status specified by n. The value will be the
least significant 8 bits of the specified status. If n is omitted then the return status is that of the last command executed. If return
is invoked while not in a function or a '.' script, then it is the same as an exit.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment, are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign and word splitting and file name generation are not
performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO break(1), csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 exit(1)