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Response Files for PIF Products

The response file for a PIF product contains records that assign values to parameters. On the target computer, you can create a response file interactively, using the Installer command lsm with the -a option. This command runs the installation dialogs and creates the response file using the values entered; the PIF product is not installed.

The parameter value assignments may have the following syntax formats:

parameter=value ;

The value on the right side of the equation is directly assigned to $parameter (static assignment).

Example:

INSTALLDIR=/opt/CA/installpath ;
parameter=`command`

The command is executed, and the output of the command is assigned to $parameter (dynamic assignment). The command must be enclosed in backticks (`). (Note that these are not single-quotes.)

Example:

SYSTEMNAME=`uname -n`

Comment lines in a response file must begin with the hash sign (#).

If parameters have a description assigned in the Default section of the prototype file (#parameter keyword), this description is automatically added to the response file.