Interrupt Menu Commands

continue

Use continue to resume processing from the point at which Inst was interrupted.

help

Use the help command to display Inst online help. Help is available on all topics listed in Table A-1.

retry

Appears only if Inst displays the Interrupt menu automatically, which happens if an error occurs during go processing (subsystems are being installed or removed). Use retry after you correct the error (reported in a message above the menu) to repeat the installation and removal process.

set [preferences]

Use the set command to examine and change the settings of variables called preferences. If you provide no arguments, the current settings are displayed. If you provide the name and a value, the preference value is changed.

Most preference settings are saved in the installation history when you enter the quit command and are restored the next time that you invoke Inst. "The Preferences List" describes set preferences in detail.

sh

Use the sh command with no arguments to invoke an IRIX shell. Include a single IRIX command as an argument to execute the command immediately (see "The sh and shroot Commands" for additional information).

shroot

Use the shroot command with no arguments to invoke a "chrooted" IRIX shell (see chroot(1M)). If you provide arguments, they are taken as a single IRIX command to be executed immediately.

The shroot command uses the chroot system call to invoke the shell as if /root were its root directory; that is, /root becomes / for all references. Thus files can be referred to with their normal pathnames (see "The sh and shroot Commands" and the chroot(2) reference page for additional information).

stop

Use the stop command to cancel the command in progress. If you use stop while Inst is reading the installation history or distribution inventory, or while it is calculating dependencies, Inst discards the information that it has read or calculated. So, Inst will reread or recalculate this information before executing subsequent list commands, selection requests, or the go command.

If you use stop while Inst is installing software, it makes a record of pending selections. At the next go command, Inst restarts the installation process on any uncompleted product installations, then continues processing the remaining selections that were pending.

Caution: Using the stop command during installation can leave software in an inconsistent state that requires a removal and reinstallation of the affected product.