pkgask(ADM)                     19 June 1992                     pkgask(ADM)


 Name

    pkgask - store answers to a request script

 Syntax

    /usr/bin/pkgask [ -d device ] -r response [ pkginst [ pkginst [ ... ] ] ]

 Description

    pkgask allows the administrator to store answers to an interactive
    package's request script.  Invoking this command generates a response
    file that is then used as input at installation time.  The use of this
    response file prevents any interaction from occurring during installation
    since the file already contains all of the information the package needs.

    -d        Runs the request script for a package on device.  device can be
              a full pathname to a directory or the identifiers for tape,
              floppy disk or removable disk (for example, /tmp,
              /dev/fd096ds15 or /dev/dsk/f03h).  The default device is the
              installation spool directory.

    -r        Identifies a file or directory, which should be created to con-
              tain the responses to interaction with the package.  The name
              must be a full pathname.  The file, or directory of files, can
              later be used as input to the pkgadd command.

    pkginst   Specifies the package instance or list of instances for which
              request scripts will be created.  The token all may be used to
              refer to all packages available on the source medium.  The for-
              mat pkginst.* can be used to indicate all instances of a pack-
              age.  When using this format, enclose the command line in sin-
              gle quotes to prevent the shell from interpreting the * charac-
              ter.

 Notes

    The -r option can be used to indicate a directory name as well as a
    filename.  The directory name is used to create numerous response files,
    each sharing the name of the package with which it should be associated.
    This would be used, for example, when adding multiple interactive pack-
    ages with one invocation of pkgadd.  Each package would need a response
    file.  To create multiple response files with the same name as the pack-
    age instance, name the directory in which the files should be created and
    supply multiple instance names with the pkgask command.  When installing
    the packages, you will be able to identify this directory to the pkgadd
    command.

 See also

    installf(ADM), pkgadd(ADM), pkgchk(ADM), pkginfo(ADM), pkgmk(ADM),
    pkgparam(ADM), pkgproto(ADM), pkgrm(ADM), pkgtrans(ADM), removef(ADM)