NAME

removef − remove a file from software database

SYNOPSIS

removef pkginst path1 [ path2 ...]

removef −f pkginst

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

removef informs the system that the user, or software, intends to remove a pathname.  Output from removef is the list of input pathnames that may be safely removed (no other packages have a dependency on them). 

OPTIONS

−f After all files have been processed, removef should be invoked with the −f option to indicate that the removal phase is complete. 

EXAMPLES

The following shows the use of removef in an optional pre-install script:

echo "The following files are no longer part of this package
and are being removed."
removef $PKGINST /dev/xt[0-9][0-9][0-9] |
while read pathname
do
echo "$pathname"
rm −f $pathname
done
removef −f $PKGINST || exit 2

SEE ALSO

pkginfo(1), pkgmk(1), pkgparam(1), pkgproto(1), pkgtrans(1), installf(1M), pkgadd(1M), pkgask(1M), pkgchk(1M)

SunOS 5.1/x86  —  Last change: 14 Sep 1992