TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              pkgtrans - pkg utiltity for UnixWare 1.1
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300056
DOCUMENT REVISION:  B
DATE:               25JAN95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         PKGTRN

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 1.0
UnixWare 1.1

ABSTRACT:

This file contains pkgtrans, a utility normally shipped with the SDK. 
This utility can be used to move a package in file system format to 
a different media. An example of this is producing diskettes from a
package you have downloaded as a data stream.  This binary file is 
already part of the Software Development Kit. If you have the SDK 
installed on your system, you do not need this file.

Symptom 

Need to produce a tape or diskette of a UnixWare package I have on my hard
drive.

Solution

Apply pkgtrn or install SDK

Installation Instructions:

DATATYPE: file

1.  Download the pkgtrans and pkgtrn.txt files to the /tmp directory
    on your machine.

2.  Read the release notes contained in this file.

3.  Now become root, make the file executable, and move the file into a
    directory in your path.

        $su
     #chmod +x {path_to_file}/pkgtrans
     #mv {path_to_file}/pkgtrans /usr/sbin ( or any directory in your path )


Solution Specifics

To use pkgtrans to make diskettes from a data stream update do 
the following:

Using update111 as an example, place the datastream file (update111) 
in your /tmp directory.

Now use pkgadd to spool it to a temporary directory in file system format:

     #pkgadd -d /tmp/update111 -s /var/spool/pkg update111 

format the necessary number of blank floppies     

     #format -v /dev/rdsk/f03ht ( or f13ht if it's b: drive )

Now transfer the package from file system format in the spool directory to
data stream format on the diskettes using:

     #pkgtrans -s /var/spool/pkg diskette1 update111

The system will prompt you for the necessary diskettes until the transfer is
complete.