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In order to ship code using operating system AIFs to customer sites, you must
accomplish one of the two following actions:
- Use the INSTOS utility when you install your product on a 900
Series HP 3000 computer system.
- Use the AIFGLOBINSTALL AIF in your product to programmatically
execute the INSTOS utility.
Using INSTOS
If you want to install your application using INSTOS, you must
perform the following steps:
- Develop the code according to the guidelines specified above.
- Make the file INSTOS a part of the final product by shipping it
along with your code.
- Include these steps in the installation procedures for your application:
- Restore the file INSTOS into the target system's
PUB.SYS.
- Execute the program INSTOS to install your user ID onto
the target system.
- Purge the file INSTOS to ensure security.
You can accomplish step 2 by redirecting STDIN to mask input, thus
avoiding any prompts coming to the screen. Masking the output can be
accomplished by redirecting STDLIST.
Using AIFGLOBINSTALL
The AIFGLOBINSTALL AIF is the programmatic equivalent of executing
the INSTOS installation utility. AIFGLOBINSTALL must be
executed on all systems containing code that calls operating system AIFs (for
example, your application). It should be executed once per installation;
however, it can be executed each time that your application is run without
side effects. Your application must execute AIFGLOBINSTALL prior to
calling any other operating system AIFs.
The AIFGLOBINSTALL AIF fails if not enough disk space is located on
LDEV 1. If this occurs, you must create additional free space on LDEV 1 before
attempting to reexecute code that contains the call to AIFGLOBINSTALL.
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