Software Distributor Administrator Guide (September 2010)

Table 11-2 Control Script Keywords (continued)
ExampleSize in
Bytes
TypeKeyword
/mfg/sd/scripts/fix
1024
path_stringfix
/mfg/sd/scripts/space
1024
path_stringspace
The value of each keyword is the source filename for the specific control script.
swpackage will copy the specified control script’s filename into the depot’s storage
directory for the associated product or fileset, using the keyword as the tag of the stored
script (for example, “configure”).
You can include control script specifications or data files with the product or fileset.
These are stored alongside the standard SD-UX control scripts. For example, you could
specify a subscript called by the supported control scripts, or a data file read by these
scripts. These additional scripts are specified using the syntax:
PATH[=tag]
If you do not specify the tag component, swpackage uses the basename(1) value of
the source pathname as the tag.
11.3.1 Control Script Location on the File System During Execution
The checkinstall, preinstall, postinstall, and auxiliary scripts for a fileset are downloaded
to a temporary directory from which they are invoked:
<FILESET>/control_script/var/tmp/<CATALOG_DIR>/ \
catalog/<PRODUCT>/
The form of the <CATALOG_DIR> is: aaaa<pid>, where <pid> is the swinstall
process ID number.
The scripts are delivered to that location from the depot immediately after Product
Selection has completed, at the beginning of the Analysis phase and before any system
checks have begun. The temporary directory is removed automatically upon exiting
swinstall.
After successful fileset installation, all other control scripts will be located in the IPD.
They will be delivered to that location from the depot as part of the installation of the
fileset’s other files:
/var/adm/sw/products/<PRODUCT>/<FILESET>/control_script
The location of the IPD is relative to the root directory under which the software
installation is done. If the installation is to an alternate root, /mnt/disk2 for example,
then the IPD for that software will be under:
/mnt/disk2/var/adm/sw/products/<PRODUCT>/<FILESET>
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