pkgask(1M)          RISC/os Reference Manual           pkgask(1M)



NAME
     pkgask - stores answers to a request script

SYNOPSIS
     pkgask [-d device] -r response pkginst [pkginst [...]]

DESCRIPTION
     pkgask allows the administrator to store answers to an
     interactive package (one with a 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 directory pathname or the identif-
               iers for tape, floppy disk or removable disk (for
               example, /var/tmp, /dev/diskette, and
               /dev/dsk/c1d0s0).  The default device is the ins-
               tallation spool directory.

     -r        Identifies a file or directory, which should be
               created to contain the responses to interaction
               with the package.  The name must be a full path-
               name.  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.
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 pack-
     age with which it should be associated.  This would be used,
     for example, when you will be adding multiple interactive
     packages with one invocation of pkgadd.  Each package would
     need a response file.  To create multiple response files
     with the same name as the package instance, name the direc-
     tory in which the files should be created and supply multi-
     ple 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(1M), pkgadd(1M), pkgchk(1M), pkgmk(1M),
     pkginfo(1M), pkgparam(1M), pkgproto(1M), pkgtrans(1M),
     pkgrm(1M), removef(1M).






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