Application Packaging Developer's Guide

Defining a Package Category (CATEGORY)

The CATEGORY parameter in the pkginfo file specifies in which categories a package belongs. At a minimum, a package must belong to either the system or application category. Category names consist of alphanumeric characters. Category names have a maximum length of 16 characters and are case insensitive.

If a package belongs to more than one category, specify the categories in a comma-separated list.

Here is an example CATEGORY specification in a pkginfo file:


CATEGORY=system