Application Packaging Developer's Guide

Case Study Files

The pkginfo Command

PKG=case7
NAME=Case Study #7
CATEGORY=application
BASEDIR=/opt
ARCH=SPARC
VERSION=Version 1.0
CLASSES=cron

The prototype File

i pkginfo
i i.cron
i r.cron
e cron /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root ? ? ?
e cron /var/spool/cron/crontabs/sys ? ? ?

The i.cron Installation Class Action Script

# PKGINST parameter provided by installation service
while read src dest
do
user=`basename $dest` ||
exit 2
(crontab -l $user |
sed -e "/#$PKGINST$/d" > /tmp/$$crontab) ||
exit 2
sed -e "s/$/#$PKGINST/" $src >> /tmp/$$crontab ||
exit 2
crontab $user < /tmp/$$crontab ||
exit 2
rm -f /tmp/$$crontab
done
exit 0

The r.cron Removal Class Action Script

# PKGINST parameter provided by installation service
while read path
do
user=`basename $path` ||
exit 2
(crontab -l $user |
sed -e "/#$PKGINST$/d" > /tmp/$$crontab) ||
exit 2
crontab $user < /tmp/$$crontab ||
exit 2
rm -f /tmp/$$crontab
done
exit 

crontab File #1

41,1,21 * * * * /usr/lib/uucp/uudemon.hour > /dev/null
45 23 * * * ulimit 5000; /usr/bin/su uucp -c
"/usr/lib/uucp/uudemon.cleanup" >
/dev/null 2>&1
11,31,51 * * * * /usr/lib/uucp/uudemon.poll > /dev/null

crontab File #2

0 * * * 0-6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1
20,40 8-17 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1
5 18 * * 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -s 8:00 -e 18:01 -i 1200 -A

Note -

If editing of a group of files will increase total file size by more than 10K, supply a space file so the pkgadd command can allow for this increase. For more information on the space file, see "Reserving Additional Space on a Target System".