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154 Managing Servers with Netscape Console • December 2001
JAR Information File Syntax
Creating a JAR information file involves writing a script that specifies which tasks
to perform when installing a module. In order to specify different module
installation procedures for different platforms, you use
keys , predefined commands
and options that
modutil
interprets.
Keys are case-insensitive strings that are grouped into three categories:
• Global Keys
• Per-Platform Keys
• Per-File Keys
The following sections describe the function of each of these three categories and
list the keys contained in each one.
Global Keys
Global keys define the platform-specific sections of the JAR information file. There
are two global keys:
ForwardCompatible
and
Platforms
.
ForwardCompatible
is an optional key that specifies a list of system architectures
and Operating Systems that are compatible with later versions of the same
architectures and Operating Systems. If the platform that
modutil
is installing the
module on is not specified by the
Platforms
key, then the
ForwardCompatible
list
is checked for any platforms that have the same OS and architecture in an earlier
version. If one is found, its attributes are used for the current platform.
The
ForwardCompatible
key uses the following format:
ForwardCompatible { IRIX:6.2:mips SUNOS:5.5.1:sparc}
The platforms listed between the braces must have entries within the
Platforms
key.
Platforms
is a required key that specifies a list of platforms. Each entry in the list is
itself a key-value pair: the key is the name of the platform and the value list
contains various attributes of the platform. The
ModuleName
,
ModuleFile
, and
Files
attributes must be specified for each platform unless an
EquivalentPlatform
attribute is specified. For more information, see
“Per-Platform Keys” on page 156.
The platform string is in the following format:
system name:OS release:architecture.
On non-UNIX operating systems,
OS release
is an empty string.