HP Software Package Builder (SPB) manual Incorporating SPB into Automated Processes, Return Values

Getting Started with Software Package Builder

Using the SPB Command Line Interface

ExampleTo validate the PSF file located in /opt/SPB/demo/demo1, you would type the following:

spb -f /opt/SPB/demo/demo1 -V

	Incorporating SPB into Automated Processes
	For packagers with automated processes, the build process usually
	includes generating a PSF. To take advantage of SPB's validation
	capability, include the SPB validation command after the PSF
	generation step in the automated process.
Example	To perform validation on the generated PSF, invoke the following
	command in your process:
	spb -f psf_file -V 2> psferrors
	where psf_file is the name of the generated PSF and psferrors is the
	file where validation errors are stored. Packagers can then examine this
	file and determine the appropriate course of action. You can debug the
	PSF using the SPB GUI with packaging policy help located in the Policy
	Help tab. The return values of the validation also indicate which
	message was the most severe message.
IMPORTANT	SPB cannot read a PSF from stdin, therefore, it cannot be used in a pipe
	symbol ( ). The following command will not work correctly:
	cat psf_file spb -V
	Return Values
	Upon completion of the validation process using the CLI, SPB returns
	one of the following values to indicate the severity of the message:
	0	Normal exit. Validation performed with no errors.
	1	Validation found a warning.
	2	Validation found an error.

For additional information on this and other SPB command line options, refer to the spb (1m) manpage.

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