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Extract Pre-install Components to a Temporary Folder

Before installation dialogs and scripts are executed, the product pre-install components are extracted into a temporary folder.

If product scripts need to call scripts of other required products of the same installation transaction they need to know the name of this temporary folder. Therefore, the parameter $PIF_PREINSTALL_DIR provides the name of the temporary pre-install folder.

Pre-install components are stored at the following location:

$PIF_PREINSTALL_DIR/prodname.d/\$PRODUCT_PATH

where $PRODUCT_PATH contains the product specific installation path parameter.

Example:

If PIF_PREINSTALL_DIR is set to /tmp/EXTRACT12345/, the scripts of the Packager product are located at:

/tmp/EXTRACT12345/SMPACKAGER.d/\$SDPcker/scripts

Note: Masked parameters (such as abc\$efg) referring to an intermediate product installation directory are preserved now.