pkgtrans(1) — USER COMMANDS

NAME

pkgtrans − translate package format

SYNOPSIS

pkgtrans [−ion] [−s [-c]] device1 device2 [pkginst1[ pkginst2[ ...]]]

DESCRIPTION

pkgtrans translates an installable package from one format to another. It will translate the following:

− a directory to a datastream

− a datastream to a directory

The options and arguments for this command are:

−i Copies only the pkginfo and pkgmap files.

−o Overwrites the same instance on the destination device. Package instance will be overwritten if it already exists.

−n Creates a new instance if any instance of this package already exists.

−s Indicates that the package should be written to device2 as a datastream rather than as a file system. The default behavior is to write a file system format on devices that support both formats.

−c Indicates that the package should be compressed when it is written to device2 as a datastream. The −s option is required to use this option.

device1 Indicates the source device. The package or packages on this device will be translated and placed on device2.

device2 Indicates the destination device. Translated packages will be placed on this device.

pkginst Specifies which package instance or instances on device1 should be translated. The token all may be used to indicate all packages. pkginst.∗ can be used to indicate all instances of a package. If no packages are defined, a prompt shows all packages on the device and asks which to translate.

NOTES

Device specifications can be either the special node name (/dev/rmt/ctape) or the device alias (ctape1). The device spool indicates the default spool directory. The same device can not be both the source and destination.

By default, pkgtrans will not transfer any instance of a package if any instance of that package already exists on the destination device. Use of the −n option will create a new instance if an instance of this package already exists. Use of the −o option will overwrite the same instance if it already exists. Neither of these options is useful if the destination device is a datastream.

The compressed datastream format generated by the −c option is a Motorola value-added feature and is only supported on UNIX SYSTEM V/88 Release 4 Version 3 or later systems.

EXAMPLE

The following example translates all packages on the tape drive /dev/rmt/ctape and places the translations on /tmp:

pkgtrans /dev/rmt/ctape /tmp all

The next example translates packages pkg1 and pkg2 on /tmp and places their translations (i.e., a datastream) on the 9track1 output device:

pkgtrans /tmp 9track1 pkg1 pkg2

The next example translates pkg1 and pkg2 on /tmp and places them on the tape in datastream format:

pkgtrans -s /tmp /dev/rmt/ctape pkg1 pkg2

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