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Logging the installation

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POSIX logs the package installation in the logging file /var/sadm/pkg/instlog.

An entry containing the following information is written for each process:

  • Flag for installation or deletion (in the 1st column: I (install) or D (delete))
  • Name and version of the product
  • Date and time of the installation or deletion
  • Name of the package (optional)
  • Installation path

Example

I JENV.050                 Wed Sep 19 13:15:46 2007   ...
I BCAM.190                 Mon Jun  9 11:35:10 2008   ...
I NFS.030                  Thu Nov 20 12:23:41 2008   ...
I POSIX-BC.070             Tue Jan 27 11:33:27 2009   ...
I POSIX-SH.070             Tue Jan 27 11:35:13 2009   ...
I POSIX-SOCKETS.070        Tue Jan 27 12:53:51 2009   ...
I POSIX-NSL.070            Tue Jan 27 12:58:30 2009   ...

Information on the packages installed can be output using the shell command pkginfo.

If errors occur during installation in batch mode, these are logged in the /var/sadm/pkg/insterr file (see “START-POSIX-INSTALLATION").

Information on installed POSIX packages (pkginfo)

The pkginfo command shows information on software packages which are installed in POSIX. A software package installed in POSIX is defined by:

  • Name of the software product

  • Package from the software product (optional)

  • Version of the software product

  • Path where the software product is installed (default: /)

  • BS2000 library (SINLIB) from which the software product was installed

  • Date of the (last) installation

This command is also available to every nonprivileged POSIX user.