The awk Class Script

The awk class provides a method to modify an existing object on the target system. Modifications are delivered as awk instructions in an awk class action script.

The awk class action script is executed automatically at installation if a file that belongs to class awk exists. Such a file contains instructions for the awk class script in the following format:

Two commands indicate when instructions should be executed. The awk instructions that follow the !install command are executed during package installation. The instructions that follow the !remove command are executed during package removal. These commands may be used in any order.

The name of the awk class action script should be the same as the name of the file on which the instructions are executed.

The file to be modified is used as input to the awk command and the output of the script ultimately replaces the original object. Environment variables may not be passed to the awk command with this syntax.

For more information on awk instructions, see the awk(1) man page.