pkgparam(1)                (Essential Utilities)                pkgparam(1)


   NAME
         pkgparam - displays package parameter values

   SYNOPSIS
         pkgparam [-v][-d device] pkginst [param[ ...]]
         pkgparam -f file [-v] [param[ ...]]

   DESCRIPTION
         pkgparam displays the value associated with the parameter or
         parameters requested on the command line.  The values are located in
         either the pkginfo file for pkginst or from the specific file named
         with the -f option.

         One parameter value is shown per line.  Only the value of a parameter
         is given unless the -v option is used.  With this option, the output
         of the command is in this format:

              parameter1='value1'
              parameter2='value2'
              parameter3='value3'

         If no parameters are specified on the command line, values for all
         parameters associated with the package are shown.

         Options and arguments for this command are:

         -v      Specifies verbose mode.  Displays name of parameter and its
                 value.

         -d      Specifies the device on which a pkginst is stored.  It can be
                 a directory pathname or the identifiers for tape, floppy disk
                 or removable disk (for example, /var/tmp, /dev/diskette, and
                 /dev/dsk/c1d0s0).  The default device is the installation
                 spool directory.  If no instance name is given, parameter
                 information for all packages residing in device is shown.

         -f      Requests that the command read file for parameter values.

         pkginst Defines a specific package instance for which parameter
                 values should be displayed.  The format pkginst.* can be used
                 to indicate all instances of a package.

         param   Defines a specific parameter whose value should be displayed.

   ERRORS
         If parameter information is not available for the indicated package,
         the command exits with a non-zero status.

   NOTES
         The -f synopsis allows you to specify the file from which parameter
         values should be extracted.  This file should be in the same format


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         as a pkginfo file.  As an example, such a file might be created
         during package development and used while testing software during
         this stage.

   SEE ALSO
         pkgmk(1), pkgparam(3x), pkgproto(1), pgktrans(1).















































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