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Installing, Upgrading, and Updating Software
3.8 Installing with the POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility
The last message indicates that some files might have been moved to
their target directories, but the product has not been completely installed.
Installation of the product at a later time will delete the files from the
aborted installation and will then perform a full installation.
3.8.6 Performing the Installation as a Batch Job
To run the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility as a batch job, include
PRODUCT commands in a command procedure file and then submit the file
to a batch queue. In the command procedure, include the /CONFIGURATION
qualifier to specify an existing PCF so the POLYCENTER Software Installation
utility can respond to questions about product options and configuration choices.
If you do not specify /CONFIGURATION, the defaults are used.
Example 3–2 shows how a product might be installed using a command
procedure. The example sets and restores VERIFY, and times the installation.
Example 3–2 Sample Command Procedure for Installing a Product
$ SAVE_PROC_VERIFY = F$ENVIRONMENT("VERIFY_PROCEDURE")
$ SAVE_IMAGE_VERIFY = F$ENVIRONMENT("VERIFY_IMAGE")
$ SET VERIFY
$ ON ERROR THEN GOTO ERROR_EXIT
$ START_TIME = F$TIME()
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "START TIME -- ’’START_TIME’"
$ PRODUCT INSTALL CHESSMASTER -
/CONFIGURATION=PRODUCER -
/HELP -
/LOG
$ERROR_EXIT:
$ END_TIME = F$TIME()
$ TEMP = F$VERIFY(SAVE_PROC_VERIFY,SAVE_IMAGE_VERIFY)
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT " --------------------------------"
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT " END TIME -- ’’END_TIME’"
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT " START TIME -- ’’START_TIME’"
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT " --------------------------------"
$ EXIT
3.9 Performing Other Operations on Installed Software Products
You can perform other operations on installed software products (for example,
reconfiguring choices made during the installation, recording changes in volume
label, or copying the software to a new location or to different media). You might
also want to convert a kit to a new format, display product information, display
the contents of a sequentially packaged product kit, or extract any file from a
sequentially packaged kit.
3.9.1 Reconfiguring an Installed Product
After you install a product, you can change the configuration choices made during
the installation. This is called reconfiguration. You choose the options you
want; the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility makes all the necessary
changes.
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