Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
The following listing shows the
flarcreate
command creating the Flash
Archive named
baseline
and storing it the
/tmp/baseline.flash
file:
flarcreate -n baseline /tmp/baseline.flash
Administering Flash Archives Using the flar
Command
The
flar(1M)
command is used to extract information from a Flash Archive
and split/combine archives as desired. A Flash Archive is composed of
sec-
tions
. The first section is the
Archive Cookie
section. It identifies the file as a
Flash Archive. The second is the
Archive Identification
section, which is used
to store keywords and associated values. Following the identification section
are any user-defined sections. After any user-defined section is the
Archive
Files
section, which contains the files copied from the master system.
To extract information from the Identification section of an archive, use
the
-i
command-line argument. To extract all keywords, also specify the
-l
command-line argument or specify a particular keyword using the
-k
keyword
command-line argument. The following code extracts all the key-
words from the
baseline
archive:
# flar -i -l baseline
The sections (cookie, information, and archive) of a Flash Archive can be
extracted and placed in separate files using the
-s
command-line argument:
# flar -s baseline
Flash Archive sections can be combined to create a new Flash Archive using
the
-c
command-line argument. In this example, all sections in the current
directory are combined to create the
baseline
archive:
# flar -c baseline
The only required command-line arguments for the
flar
command are the name of
the archive and one of the following:
-c
,
-i
, or
-s
.
Installing WebStart Flash Archives
The WebStart and SunInstall installation methods prompt for a
WebStart
Flash Archive
and if provided, will automatically install the system using the
WebStart Flash procedure. The Flash Archive can be accessed via local tape,
