xinstall(1Mxnx) (XENIX System Compatibility)
xinstall --
(XENIX) XENIX system installation shell script
Synopsis
/sbin/xinstall [device] [package]
Description
Use
xinstall
to install XENIX system distribution (or XENIX application program) floppies.
It performs the following tasks:
-
prompts for insertion of floppies
-
extracts files using
tar(1)
-
executes /once/init.
programs on each floppy after they have been extracted
-
removes any /once/init.
programs when the installation is finished
The parameters are:
- device
-
the device to install the software from.
The default device is
/dev/rfd0.
- package
-
the package to be installed.
The default package is the XENIX base package.
Files
/once/init.
References
custom(1Mxnx),
fixperm(1Mxnx),
fixshlib(1Mxnx),
pkgadd(1M),
pkginfo(4),
tar(1)
Notices
xinstall
is provided for use with any existing XENIX packages
that you want to install on your system.
xinstall
does not work with UNIX system applications.
Use pkgadd to install UNIX System V packages
which were created using the packaging format provided beginning with
UNIX System V Release 4
[see
pkgadd(1M)
and
pkginfo(4)].
For pre-Release 4 packages,
use installpkg.
30 January 1998
© 1998 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All rights reserved.