Re: Multiple steps for installing?

[Jason Edgecombe]

Hmm,

how about this, untarring into the policy host and do a copy with 
purge-true. If the software is always installed in the same dir, then 
this will overwrite any older files with the new version and delete 
files that don't exits in the new version.

symlinking should be a simple thing.

It sounds like you just need a copy line and a symlink line.

Jason

PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:

> I have to install a piece of software via a tarball.
> In reading through the documentation, I can't 
> quite figure out how to do the following:
>
> 1.  Check to see if a specific directory exists and not 
> follow through with the rest if it's there.
> 2.  Create a directory 
> 3.  Copy a file from the policy host to each client.
> 4.  Untar the file
> 5.  Create a symlink to that directory
>
> On a related note, I need to check for a directory 
> first and delete it and the associated symlink if 
> present.
>
> In plain english, there's are about 10 different 
> versions of a piece of software installed on 
> all my solaris boxen (41 as of this writing) and 
> I need to delete all but the correct version and 
> then install that version.
>
> I'm sure there's a way to do this, I just haven't 
> figured it out yet.  
> Some other stuff, but I'll ask about that later.
>
> Thanks a ton people!
> Paul
>
>
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