Ignite-UX Reference (March 2010, B3921-90005)

auto_adm(1M) auto_adm(1M)

-n Create a new AUTO or auto_conf ﬁle, and initialize it with data speciﬁed by the -T,

-M, -l, -c, -b and -i options.

-T timeout

Speciﬁes the timeout in seconds before the default action is taken. Zero (0) means wait

indeﬁnitely.

-M message

Speciﬁes the kernel boot prompt message.

-l label

Speciﬁes the label to write into new or modiﬁed records.

-c command

Indicates the ISL command to run when a record is executed.

-b device

Indicates the boot device containing the boot image. Boot devices apply to platform PA

only and are speciﬁed in the form (;0). auto_adm expects the parentheses to be pre-

sent, and care must be used to prevent the shell from removing them. If auto_adm

issues an error message about missing parentheses characters but you have included

them, please see the documentation for your shell to determine its method of specifying

arguments containing special characters.

-i image

The name of the image on the boot device.

-a Add a record to an existing ﬁle using data speciﬁed by the -l, -c, -b and -i.

-A appendﬁle

Add a record contained in appendﬁle to an existing ﬁle using data read from the ﬁle spec-

iﬁed by -f inﬁle.

-L label

Speciﬁes the label to search for when modifying records.

-d Delete the record speciﬁed by -L.

-D In conjunction with -L, sets the default boot action to take upon expiration of the timeout

period.

-? Displays the help screen.

International Code Set Support

Ignite-UX uses a variety of system commands to accomplish its functionality. Because the output of many

of these commands is parsed, Ignite-UX ensures that the POSIX locale is normally used by modifying envi-

ronment variables. Help text and some command output not parsed by Ignite-UX will be left in the user’s

speciﬁed locale.

EXAMPLES

For more information about the formats of ﬁles used by auto_adm, see auto_adm(4). In the following

examples, the CONF ﬁle is conf1:

timeout = 0 # wait indefinitely

message = Choose version to install # prompt to user

default = 1 # choose 32-bit by default

label = B.11.11 32bit install

bootcmd = boot

boot = (;0)

image = boot/Rel_B.11.11/INSTALL # path to 32-bit install kernel

Read the input ﬁle conf1 and write it to the terminal in ISL format: