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Self-installing PIF Product can be Splitted

Symptom:

I need both a self-installing PIF product and a PIF product for software delivery purpose. Do I need to provide two packages?

Solution:

You do not need to provide two complete packages. Use the command pifself with the option -s when creating the self-installing PIF product. This creates three files in the same destination directory:

• a start script to extract the PIF product
• a self-installing shell script (ca-sm-installer) containing the binaries of the Installer
• the actual PIF product

When the self-installing PIF product is used, the shell script is executed. At execution time, the corresponding (actual) PIF product must be located in the same directory.

When only the PIF product is needed for software delivery purpose, just use the single PIF product file for registration.