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Name

removef - remove a file from software database

Synopsis

removef pkginst path1 [ path2 ...]

removef -f pkginst

Availability

SUNWcsu

Description

removef informs the system that the user, or software, intends to remove a pathname. Output from removef is the list of input pathnames that may be safely removed (no other packages have a dependency on them).

Options

-f
After all files have been processed, removef should be invoked with the -f option to indicate that the removal phase is complete.

Examples

The following shows the use of removef in an optional pre-install script: 


echo "The following files are no longer part of this package
    and are being removed."
removef $PKGINST /dev/xt[0-9][0-9][0-9] |
while read pathname
do
    echo "$pathname"
    rm -f $pathname
done
removef -f $PKGINST || exit 2

See Also

pkginfo(1) , pkgmk(1) , pkgparam(1) , pkgproto(1) , pkgtrans(1) , installf(1M) , pkgadd(1M) , pkgask(1M) , pkgchk(1M)

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