pkgmk(1M)                                                         pkgmk(1M)

NAME
     pkgmk - produce an installable package

SYNOPSIS
     pkgmk [-ocO] [-d device] [-r rootpath] [-b basedir] [-l limit]
           [-a arch] [-v version] [-p pstamp] [-f prototype]
           [variable=value ...] [pkginst]

DESCRIPTION
     pkgmk produces an installable package. The package is stored in file
     system format [see pkgtrans(1M)].

     The command uses the package prototype file as input and creates a
     pkgmap file. The contents for each entry in the prototype file are
     copied to the appropriate output location. Information concerning the
     contents (checksum, file size, modification date) is computed and
     stored in the pkgmap file, along with attribute information specified
     in the prototype file.

     Pathnames in a call to pkgmk must be in absolute form.

OPTIONS
     -o   Overwrites the same instance, package instance will be overwrit-
          ten if it already exists.

     -c   The package will be compressed by the compress(1) command. Only
          information files are not compressed.

     -O   Optimizes the compression via -c: the files are compressed while
          they are copied to the output medium. Otherwise compressing is a
          separate step. -O is not possible for split packages.

     -d   Creates the package on device. device can be a full path name to
          a directory or the identifier for tape (for example /var/tmp). It
          can also be the device alias. The default device is the installa-
          tion spool directory.

     -r   Ignores destination paths in the prototype file. Instead, uses
          the indicated rootpath with the source path name appended to
          locate objects on the source machine.

     -b   Prepends the indicated basedir to locate relocatable objects on
          the source machine.

     -l   Specifies the maximum size in 512 byte blocks of the output
          device as limit. By default, if the output file is a directory or
          a mountable device, pkgmk will employ the df command to dynami-
          cally calculate the amount of available space on the output
          device. Useful in conjunction with pkgtrans to create package
          with datastream format.

     -a   Overrides the value of ARCH in the pkginfo file with arch.



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     -v   Overrides the value of VERSION in the pkginfo file with version.

     -p   Overrides the value of PSTAMP in the pkginfo file with pstamp.

     -f   Uses the file prototype as input to the command. The default
          prototype file name is [Pp]rototype.

     variable=value
          Places the indicated variable in the packaging environment. See
          prototype(4) for definitions of packaging variables.

     pkginst
          Specifies the package by its instance. An instance can be the
          package abbreviation or a specific instance (for example,
          inst.1).

NOTES
     Architecture information is provided on the command line with the -a
     option or in the pkginfo file. If no architecture information is sup-
     plied at all, the output of uname -m will be used.

     Version information is provided on the command line with the -v option
     or in the pkginfo file. If no version information is supplied, a
     default based on the current date will be provided.

     Command line definitions for both architecture and version override
     the pkginfo definitions.

SEE ALSO
     pkgparam(1M), pkgproto(1M), pkgtrans(1M).
























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