[csw-users] A Couple Questions

[Douglas S. Davis]

Dennis,

Thank you so much for your answer.  I'll look into all of the things 
you suggested.

Obviously, I'm far from a Unix wiz!



                                         Douglas








At 11:55 AM 2/21/2008, Dennis Clarke wrote:

> > I am a programmer for a small college, and have recently started
> > experimenting with Blastwave.
> >
> > I have a couple questions:
> >
> > Does a Blastwave package installation create a log file when it
> > installs a package, and if so, where it is located.
>
>The software is all compliant with the well established SVR4 UNIX standards
>and therefore it works very well with full file logging. Every file or
>directory touched or created is logged into /var/sadm/install/contents along
>with all files in the entire system.
>
>So you may not be hapy with trying to read that file. It is large and very
>very detailed.
>
>For any given package you can use the standard software tracking tools built
>into Solaris.  Try the following to see a really detailed report on what is
>in a given package :
>
>pkgchk -l CSWfoo
>
>That may be overwhelming also.
>
>So try this :
>
>pkgchk -l CSWfoo | grep Pathname | cut -f2 -d\:
>
> > Also, is there a procedure in place to remove a package installed
> > using Blastwave?  If so, what is it?
>
>Again, the standard tools here are your friend.  Please learn the standards
>because they will always work.  Use pkgrm CSWfoo to remove any package
>cleanly. Be careful because pkgrm will also remove any package in the
>machine if you ask it too.
>
>Dennis
>
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Douglas S. Davis
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