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Installing, Upgrading, and Updating Software
3.7 Using the POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility
• Preventing a question from being asked again. If you do not defer a question
when you create a PCF, the response recorded in the PCF is used during
future installations. The installer is not prompted for the information. This
reduces the length and complexity of the actual installation procedure.
3.7.4.2 Configuration Commands
To create a PCF, use the PRODUCT CONFIGURE command. For example:
$ PRODUCT CONFIGURE CHESSMASTER
The POLYCENTER Software Installation utility creates a PCF
in your current default directory. The default PCF is named
DEFAULT.PCSI$CONFIGURATION. To override the default file name or
directory, use the /CONFIGURATION=OUTPUT qualifier. Refer to the sample
procedure in the next section.
3.7.4.3 Recording Configuration Choices
After defining the PCF, the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility prompts
you with questions about the product. Determine how and whether your
responses are recorded in the PCF by responding to the questions and using
two predefined function keys. The following table shows how your responses
configure the PCF:
Key Action by the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility
Return Accepts the default or explicitly entered choice for the current operation and
for entry into the PCF, and then moves to the next choice.
If the Defer option is in effect, this entry can be changed when the PCF is
used for future installations or upgrades.
If the Defer option is not in effect, this entry cannot be changed when the
PCF is used for future installations or upgrades.
If the Write option is in effect, this entry, including the Defer option, is
written into the PCF and used when the PCF is used for future installations
or upgrades.
If the Write option is not in effect, this entry, including the Defer option, is
not written into the PCF and is not used when the PCF is used for future
installations or upgrades. In this case, the default for the future installation
or upgrade will come from the PDF or PDB.
F17 Toggles the Defer option. By default, the Defer option is not in effect.
F18 Toggles the Write option. By default, the Write option is in effect.
Press the Return key after each response.
Example 3–1 shows how to use keys F17 and F18 in the PCF. Note that this is an
example only and does not necessarily represent an actual PCF for a product. A
description of the callouts follows the example.
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