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PRODUCT SPECIFICATION FILE SYNTAX
A PSF is structured as follows:
[<distribution specification>]
[<vendor specification>]
[<category specification>]
[<bundle specification>]
...
<product specification>
[<control script specifications>]
[<subproduct specifications>]
<fileset specification>
[<control script specifications>]
<file specifications>
[<fileset specification>]
...
[<vendor specification>]
[<product specification>]
...
In summary, the
swpackage user can:
Specify one or more products.
For each product, specify one or more filesets.
For each fileset, specify one or more files.
(optional) Specify attributes for the target depot or tape.
(optional) Specify one or more bundles, defining the bundle contents.
(optional) Specify vendor information to be used with subsequent products and bundles.
(optional) For each product, specify one or more subproducts, defining the subproduct contents.
(optional) For each product or fileset, specify one or more control scripts.
Each software object has user-defined attributes. Most attributes are optional. All objects and attributes
are defined using a
keyword value
syntax. The
keyword is an identifier for the attribute.
Some attributes allow multiple values. You can specify values with a keyword/list syntax:
keyword value1 value2 value3 ...
You can also use a list following the keyword:
keyword
value1
value2
value3
...
Specific rules for each keyword are:
All keywords require one or more values, except as noted. If the value is missing an error is
given.
Comments must be preceded by
#. A comment can appear on a line by itself or following the
keyword-value syntax within the PSF.
2 Hewlett-Packard Company 2 HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010