Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Using Control Scripts

Introduction to Control Scripts

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Control Script Format

A control script should be a shell script (as opposed to a binary) and

written to be interpreted by the Posix.2 shell /sbin/sh. Korn shell

(formerly /bin/ksh) syntax is acceptable to the Posix.2 shell. A script

written for csh is not supported.

The script should have a simple header similar to the example below.

Included in the header should also be comment lines which state the

product and fileset to which the script belongs, the name of the script,

the revision string as required by the what(1) command, and a simple

#! /sbin/sh

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# Product: <PRODUCT>

# Fileset: <FILESET>

# configure

# @(#) $Revision: 10.30 $

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