HP-UX Reference (11i v1 00/12) - 5 Miscellaneous Topics, 7 Device (Special) Files, 9 General Information, Index (vol 9)
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• Postinstall - (Applies to swremove.) A script executed immediately after a fileset or pro-
duct has been installed to perform additional remove operations (such as resetting default files).
• Unpostinstall - (Applies to swremove.) An "undo" postinstall script in case SD must ini-
tiate recovery during the installationprocess.
• Configure - (Applies to swconfig, swinstall, and swremove.) A script that configures
installed filesets or products.
• Unconfigure - (Applies to swconfig and swremove.) A script to "undo" configurations
performed by configure scripts.
• Verify - (Applies to swverify.) A script that verifies the configuration of filesets or pro-
ducts. (The script performs these checks in addition to the standard swverify checks for file
consistency with SD database entries.)
• Checkremove - (Applies to swinstall.) A check script that analyses each target_selection
(target host) before removal to determine if the removal and unconfiguration can take place.
• Preremove - (Applies to swremove.) A script executed immediately before removal of
software files to perform additional file operations (such as removing files created by a preinstall
script).
• Postremove - (Applies to swremove.) A script executed immediately after a fileset or pro-
duct has been removed to perform additional remove operations (such as restoring "rollback"
files).
• Request - (Applies to swask, swconfig, and swinstall .) An interactive script that
requests a response from the user as part of the installation or configuration process.
• Other scripts - You can include other specialized scripts as subscripts to standard SD con-
trol scripts.
See the Software Distributor Administration Guide for more information on using control scripts.
Software States
The SD commands transition products and filesets through a number of states.
During installation, software is transitioned through the following states:
• non-existent
• TRANSIENT
• INSTALLED
• CONFIGURED
During removal, software is transitioned through these states:
• CONFIGURED
• INSTALLED
• TRANSIENT
• non-existent
When packaging or copying software into a depot, the software is transitioned through the following states:
• non-existent
• TRANSIENT
• AVAILABLE
When removing software from a depot, the software is transitioned through these states:
• AVAILABLE
• TRANSIENT
• non-existent
If a task fails during any TRANSIENT state, the state is set to CORRUPT.
Options
The following options are supported by one or more of the SD commands. Refer to the manual pages for
each command for the options specific to that command.
XToolKit Options
The interactive commands support a subset of the standard X Toolkit options to control the
appearance of the GUI. The supported options are:
-bg, -background, -fg
, -fore-
ground
, -display, -name, -xrm. and -synchronous . See the X(1) manual page
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