NAME

space − disk space requirement file

DESCRIPTION

space is an ASCII file that gives information about disk space requirements for the target environment.  It defines space needed beyond that which is used by objects defined in the prototype file—for example, files which will be installed with the installf command.  It should define the maximum amount of additional space which a package will require. 

The generic format of a line in this file is:

pathname  blocks  inodes

Definitions for the fields are as follows:

pathname Specifies a directory name which may or may not be the mount point for a filesystem.  Names that do not begin with a slash (/) indicate relocatable directories.  Components of the pathname may be installation parameters. 
Alternately, pathname can be a regular file path and will reserve enough space in the relevant file system for the file.  If the file exists, only the additional space needed would be reserved. 

blocks Defines the number of disk blocks required for installation of the files and directory entries contained in the pathname (using a 512-byte block size). 

inodes Defines the number of inodes required for installation of the files and directory entries contained in the pathname. 

EXAMPLE

# extra space required by config data which is
# dynamically loaded onto the system
data5001

SEE ALSO

installf(1M), prototype(4)

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