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Hi,

I am creating a test package and putting echo statements in the custom scripts (preinstall, postinstall, preremove, etc).

Here is the template file

Pre-installation Script: <pre-install script>
Post-installation Script: <post-install script>

These are getting called.

How do i call the pre_d script? (I think this is equivalent to pre-remove script)
Is there anything analogous to postremove script?

Thanks

The best thing is to call the mklpp-script in interactive mode and "create" a fake package with fake scripts. Then use the produced template file and customize it to your needs.

The structure of the template file is very badly documented. I have the suspicion that IBM doesn't want people to create .bff-packages at all - at least so it seems. This way i found out about the format of the file.

Analogous to post-install is pre-remove. Your assumption is correct.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

Do you mean mkinstallp by mklpp-script.

I have tried mkinstallp, it doesn't give any hook for pre_d script.
Couldn't get this. Finding alternative of postremove script.

Thanks

Yes.

There are four hooks for scripts: pre-install, post-install, pre-remove, post-remove.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

Can you please name those hooks:

I tried giving "pre-remove", it said:
0503-878 mkinstallp: Unknown keyword (Pre-remove) in Test.tmplt

where Test.tmplt is my template file