The Class Action Script

The class action script defines a set of actions to be executed during installation or removal of a package. The actions are performed on a group of path names based on their class definition. See Chapter 5, Case Studies of Package Creation for examples of class action scripts.

The name of a class action script is based on the class on which it should operate and whether those operations should occur during package installation or package removal. The two name formats are shown in the following table:

For example, the name of the installation script for a class named manpage would be i.manpage. The removal script would be named r.manpage.

This file name format is not used for files that belong to the sed, awk, or build system classes. For more information on these special classes, see The Special System Classes.