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Describes the format of a set characteristics file.
setinfo is an ASCII file that describes the characteristics of
the set along with information that helps control the flow of
installation. It is created by the software set developer and is
included in the Set Installation Package (SIP). A SIP is a special
purpose package that controls the installation and removal of a set of
packages.
Each entry in the setinfo file is a line that consists of
predefined fields. Each entry corresponds to a package belonging to the
set and must contain the following <tab>-separated fields:
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1. Package Abbr
- This field contains the abbreviated name of the package. The
abbreviation must be a short string (no more than nine characters long) and
must conform to the file naming rules. All characters in the
abbreviation must be alphanumeric and the first character cannot be
numeric. install, new, and all are
reserved.
This abbreviated name must be the same as the one used in
pkginfo.
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2. Parts
- This field specifies the number of parts this package consists of.
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3. Default
- This field contains the character 'y' indicating that the
package is to be installed as a default. Conversely, an 'n'
indicates that the package will not be installed.
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4. Category
- The category under which the package belongs. Release 4 defines
four categories: "application," "graphics," "system" and
"utilities." All packages must be assigned to one of these
categories. If you choose, you can also assign a package to a category
you defined. Categories are case-insensitive and may contain only
alphanumerics. Each category is limited to 16 characters.
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5. Package Full-Name
- Text that specifies the package name (maximum length of 256 ASCII
characters). This field must be the same as NAME in the
pkginfo file.
The order of the packages listed in the setinfo file must
reflect any package dependencies (if any) and must represent the order in
which packages occur on the media (in the case of datastream). Any
package for which there exists a dependency must be listed prior to the
package(s) that depends on it.
Shown below is a setinfo file for set admin:
#ident "@(#)set:cmn/set/admin/setinfo 1.2"
#ident "$Header: $"
# Format for the setinfo file. Field separator is: <tab>
# pkg parts default category pkg full-name
# abbr y/n
oam 4 y application OA&M
bkrs 1 y system Extended Backup and Restore
face 1 y application FACE
The pkginfo file format.
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