swpackage.4 (2010 09)

swpackage(4) swpackage(4)

• Use double quotes (") to deﬁne values that span multiple lines:

"This is an example of a

two-line value."

• Double quotes (") are optional when deﬁning a value that contains embedded whitespace.

Attribute Table

The following tables summarize the objects and attributes which can be deﬁned in a PSF. These objects

and attributes can appear in any order when deﬁning a distribution, vendor, category, product, or bundle,

except that the layout_version attribute must be ﬁrst. Each object and attribute is identiﬁed by a key-

word. Object keywords do not have associated values. Attribute keywords have one or more values.

• Attributes marked with a

* determine the uniqueness of a product, bundle, or ﬁleset. Their

values may also be of the type version_component

when used in a version component of a

software speciﬁcation.

• control_ﬁles can be deﬁned within products or ﬁlesets or both.

• You can deﬁne your own attributes. See Vendor-Deﬁned Attributes for more information.

Keyword Type Size Example

distribution

layout_version revision_string 64 1.0

tag tag_string 64 EXAMPLE_DEPOT

description multi_line_string 8192 < data/descr.depot

number one_line_string 64 B2358-13601

title one_line_string 256 Example packages

end

vendor

tag tag_string 64 HP

description multi_line_string 8192 < data/descr.hp

title one_line_string 256 Hewlett-Packard Co.

end