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Commands Reference, Volume 1
Creates installation image files
in backup format.
bffcreate [ -q ]
[ -S ] [ -v ] [ -X ] [ -d Device ] [ -t SaveDir ] [ -w Directory ] [ -M Platform ] { -l | PackageName
[ Level ]
... | -f
ListFile | all }
The bffcreate command
creates an installation image file in backup file format (bff) to support
software installation operations.
The bffcreate command
creates an installation image file from an installation image file on the
specified installation media. Also, it automatically creates an
installation image file from hyptertext images (such as those on the operating
system documentation CD-ROMs). The installp command can use the newly created
installation file to install software onto the system. The file is
created in backup format and saved to the directory specified by
SaveDir. The .toc file in the directory
specified by the SaveDir parameter is updated to include an entry
for the image file.
The bffcreate command
determines the bff name according to this information:
| Itanium-based platform or Neutral Packages
| package.v.r.m.f.platform.installtype
|
| POWER-based platform Packages
| package.v.r.m.f.installtype
|
| Image Type
| Target bff Name
|
| Installation image for the
POWER-based platform
| package.v.r.m.f.I
|
| Installation image for the
Itanium-based platform.
| package.v.r.m.f.I.I
|
| Installation image for Neutral*
| package.v.r.m.f.N.I
|
| 3.1 update for the
POWER-based platform
| package.v.r.m.f.service#
|
| 3.2 update for the
POWER-based platform
| package.v.r.m.f.ptf
|
| 4.X** or later updates
for the POWER-based platform
| package.part.v.r.m.f.U
|
| Update image for the
Itanium-based platform
| package.v.r.m.f.I.U
|
| Update image for Neutral*
| package.v.r.m.f.N.U
|
|
* Neutral packages are installable on both the POWER-based platform and the
Itanium-based platform.
** 4.X or later updates contain one package only.
In addition, AIX Version 4 updates do not contain ptf IDs.
|
package = the name of
the software package as described by the PackageName parameter
v.r.m.f =
version.release.modification.fix, the level associated
with the software package. The PackageName is usually not
the same as the fileset name.
ptf = program temporary
fix ID (also known as FixID)
The installation image file name
has the form Package.Level.I. The
Package is the name of the software package, as described for the
Package Name parameter. Level has the format of
v.r.m.f, where v = version,
r = release, m = modification, f =
fix. The I extension means that the image is an installation
image rather than an update image.
Update image files containing an
AIX 3.1 formatted update have a service number extension following the
level. The Servicenum parameter can be up to 4 digits in
length. One example is
xlccmp.3.1.5.0.1234.
Update image files containing an
AIX 3.2 formatted update have a ptf extension following the
level. One example is
bosnet.3.2.0.0.U412345.
AIX Version 4 update image file names begin with the fileset
name, not the PackageName. They also have U
extensions to indicate that they are indeed update image files, not
installation images. One example of an update image file is
bos.rte.install.4.3.2.0.U.
The all keyword indicates that installation image files are
created for every installable software package on the device.
You can extract a single update image with the AIX Version 4
bffcreate command. Then you must specify the
fileset name and the
v.r.m.f. parameter. As in
example 3 in the Examples section, the
PackageName parameter must be the entire fileset name,
bos.net.tcp.client, not just
bos.net.
Attention:
Be careful when selecting the target directory for the extracted images,
especially if that directory already contains installable images. If a
fileset at a particular level exists as both an installation image
and as an update image in the same directory, unexpected installation results
can occur. In cases like this, installp selects the image it
finds first in the table of contents (.toc) file. The
image it selects may not be the one you intended and unexpected requisite
failures can result. As a rule of thumb, you should extract maintenance
levels to clean directories.
| -d Device
| Specifies the name of the device where the original image resides.
The device can be a CD, tape, diskette, or a directory. If the image is
contained on tape, the tape device must be specified as no-rewind-on-close and
no-retention-on-open (/dev/rmt*.1 for
high-density tape and /dev/rmt*.5 for
low-density tape). The default device is
/dev/rfd0.
|
| -f ListFile
| Reads a list of PackageNames and Levels from
ListFile. PackageNames, each optionally followed
by a level, should appear one per line of text. Any text following the
second set of spaces or tabs on a line is ignored.
|
| -l
| Lists the Package, Level, Image Type
(I for installation images and U for update images), and
Part(s) of all packages on the media.
|
| -MPlatform
| Specifies that any of the following Platform values may be
used to list or to create backup file format (bff) images of installable
software products for a specific platform:
- A
- Specifies all packages.
- I
- Specifies Itanium-based platform packages only.
- N
- Specifies neutral packages, that is, packages that can be installed on
both the Itanium-based platform and thePOWER-based platform.
- R
- Specifies POWER-based platform packages only.
|
| -q
| Suppresses the request for media.
|
| -t SaveDir
| Specifies the directory where the installation image files are to be
created. The bffcreate command creates the specified
directory if it does not exist. If the -t flag is not
specified, the files are saved in the /usr/sys/inst.images
directory.
|
| -v
| Writes the name of the backup format file to standard output.
|
| -w Directory
| Specifies the directory where a temporary working directory can be
created. The bffcreate command creates the specified
directory if it does not exist. The default directory is
/tmp.
|
| -S
| Suppresses multiple volume processing when the installation device is a
CD-ROM. Installation from a CD-ROM is always treated as a single
volume, even if the CD-ROM contains information for a multiple volume CD
set. This same suppression of multiple volume processing is performed
if the INU_SINGLE_CD environment is set.
|
| -X
| Automatically extends the file system if space is needed.
|
Access Control: You must
have root authority to run this command.
- To create an installation
image file from the bos.net software package on the tape in
the /dev/rmt0 tape drive and use /var/tmp as the working
directory, type:
bffcreate -d /dev/rmt0.1
-w /var/tmp bos.net
- To create an installation
image file from the package software package on the diskette in the
/dev/rfd0 diskette drive and print the name of the installation
image file without being prompted, type:
bffcreate -q -v
package
- To create a single
update image file from the bos.net.tcp.client
software package on the CD in /dev/cd0, type:
bffcreate -d
/dev/cd0 bos.net.tcp.client 4.2.2.1
- To list the packages on
the CD in /dev/cd0, type:
bffcreate -l
-d /dev/cd0
- To create installation
and/or update images from a CD in /dev/cd0 by specifying a list of
PackageNames and Levels in a ListFile called
my MyListFile, type:
bffcreate -d /dev/cd0
-f MyListFile
- To create installation or update images of all Itanium-based platform
software packages on the CD-ROM media, type:
bffcreate -d /dev/cd0 -MI all
- To create installation or update images of all software packages on the
CD-ROM media for the current platform, type:
bffcreate -d /dev/cd0 all
- To list fileset information for the bos.games software package from
a particular device, type:
bffcreate -d /usr/sys/inst.images/bos.games -l
- To list all the Neutral software packages on the CD-ROM media, type:
bffcreate -d /dev/cd0 -MN -l
| /usr/sbin/bffcreate
| Contains the bffcreate command.
|
| /usr/sys/inst.images
| Contains files in backup format for use in installing or updating a
complete set or subset of software packages.
|
| /usr/sys/inst.images/.toc
| The table of contents file for the default directory where a list of
installation image files in the directory is maintained.
|
The installp command, inutoc command.
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