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pkgask

pkgask(1M)																pkgask(1M)

NAME

       pkgask - stores answers to a request script

SYNOPSIS

       pkgask [-d device] [-R root_path] -r response pkginst...

       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 pack-
       age needs.

       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(5).

       -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(1M) command.

       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.

       0	Successful completion.

       >0	An error occurred.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1),   pkgmk(1),	 pkgparam(1),	pkgproto(1),   pkgtrans(1),   installf(1M),   pkgadd(1M),   pkgchk(1M),   pkgrm(1M),  removef(1M),
       admin(4),attributes(5)

       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(1M). 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(1M) 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. Seeadmin(4) for details.

								    6 Apr 2005								pkgask(1M)

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