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Software Distributor Administration Guide: HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3

Chapter 11 Using Control Scripts

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Introduction to Control Scripts

Types of Control Scripts

General Script Guidelines

Packaging Control Scripts

Control Script Location on the File System During Execution

Using Environment Variables

Variables That Affect All SD-UX Commands
Variables That Affect All SD-UX Scripts
Variables That Affect swinstall and swremove
Variables That Affect swverify

Execution of Control Scripts

Details Common to All Control Scripts
Checkinstall Scripts
Preinstall Scripts
Postinstall Scripts
Configure Scripts
Unconfigure Scripts
Verify Scripts
Fix Scripts
Checkremove Scripts
Preremove Scripts
Postremove Scripts
Request Scripts

Execution of Other Commands by Control Scripts

Control Script Input and Output

File Management by Control Scripts

Testing Control Scripts

Testing Installation Scripts
Testing Configuration Scripts
Testing Removal Scripts

Requesting User Responses (swask)

Using swask

Request Script Tasks and Examples

swask Examples
swinstall Examples
swconfig Examples

This chapter discusses how to use control scripts.

Table 11-1 Chapter Topics

Topics:
“Types of Control Scripts ”
“Using Environment Variables ”
“Execution of Control Scripts ”
“Execution of Other Commands by Control Scripts ”
“Control Script Input and Output”
“File Management by Control Scripts ”
“Testing Control Scripts ”
“Requesting User Responses (swask)”

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