input file for 'pkgadd'

Hi All,
I'm a newbie to this forum. Currently I'm trying to 'pkgadd' with -d option. Since the packages require interactive mode, I would like to avoid it(Automating it through a perl script) and hence trying to input the data through file.
> pkgadd -d /tmp < input.txt

I just found that pkgadd reads only the first line in the input file, and the rest are ignored.

Could somebody there shed more light on how to give input for pkgadd.

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Madhusudhan .

no need of perl
man pkgadd
look at the -r option
get out how to create a response-file

Hi buddy
I'm new to this field.
I have created responce file using pkgask. but when i used it with package it again ask me about some options.
pkgadd -d <pkgnm> - r <responcefile>

1>Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

here if i say "a"
it again asks me


2> Do you want to continue with the installation of <Etc> [y,n,?] y

I want all these to be done automatically.
can any one help me
Thaks in advance
regards
devendra

Hi buddy,
I got the partial answer for my above question. I think if some one needs can folow the same step.

The command is as follow

pkgadd -d <pkgname> -r <responcefilename> -a admin all < input.txt

so it will take 1> all the packages and 2> from input.txt it will take one parameter

But now the question is if there are multiple answers required then how to do? because pkgadd reads a single line. You can't give space or comma. that I tried.
Please let me know if I am wrong

Thanks & Regards,
Devendra

Hi buddy
you have to modify the admin file so that u can do it noninteractively.
modify that file according to ur need
If a relative administration file is provided on the command line, pkgadd looks in /var/sadm/install/admin for the file name and uses it.

Just have a look at file
mail=
instance=overwrite
#ident "@(#)default 1.4 92/12/23 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.5.2.1 */
mail=
instance=unique
partial=ask
runlevel=ask
idepend=ask
rdepend=ask
space=ask
setuid=ask
conflict=ask
action=ask
basedir=default

My file is

#ident "@(#)default 1.4 92/12/23 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.5.2.1 */
mail=
instance=overwrite
partial=nocheck
runlevel=nocheck
idepend=nocheck
rdepend=nocheck
space=ask
setuid=ask
conflict=nocheck
action=nocheck
basedir=default

It works
cheers..........

regards
Devendra