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PKG-SCRIPT(5)		      File Formats Manual		 PKG-SCRIPT(5)

NAME
       shell scripts --	Shell scripts that are run by pkg(8)

DESCRIPTION
       pkg(8) run scripts at given phases of the process it is running

       The phases are the following:

       pre-install:
	       run before installing the files on the system.

       post-install:
	       run after installing the	files on the system.

       pre-deinstall:
	       run before removing the files on	the system.

       post-deinstall:
	       run after removing the files on the system.

       In the particular case of an upgrade the	scripts	are run	in the follow-
       ing order:
       1.   new	pre-install
       2.   old	pre-deinstall
       3.   replace binaries
       4.   new	post-install

Environment
       The  following  environment  variable  are  exported  to	be used	by the
       script

       PKG_NAME
	       Represents the name of the package.

       PKG_PREFIX
	       PREFIX defined within the package at build time.

       PKG_ROOTDIR
	       represents the root directory where the	package	 will  be  in-
	       stalled as specified by the -r arguments	passed to pkg(8).

       PKG_MSGFD
	       Number  of a file descriptor to be used to be able to send mes-
	       sages to	the user that will be shown at the end of  the	pkg(8)
	       process.

       PKG_UPGRADE
	       Variable	 existing when the scripts is run in the context of an
	       upgrade of the package

SEE ALSO
       pkg_create(3),	pkg_printf(3),	  pkg_repo_create(3),	 pkg_repos(3),
       pkg-keywords(5),	pkg-lua-script(5), pkg-repository(5), pkg-triggers(5),
       pkg.conf(5),   pkg(8),	pkg-add(8),   pkg-alias(8),   pkg-annotate(8),
       pkg-audit(8),	pkg-autoremove(8),     pkg-check(8),	 pkg-clean(8),
       pkg-config(8), pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(8),
       pkg-install(8), pkg-key(8), pkg-lock(8),	pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8),
       pkg-repo(8),    pkg-repositories(8),    pkg-rquery(8),	pkg-search(8),
       pkg-set(8),  pkg-shell(8),  pkg-shlib(8),   pkg-ssh(8),	 pkg-stats(8),
       pkg-triggers(8),	   pkg-update(8),   pkg-updating(8),   pkg-upgrade(8),
       pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8)

FreeBSD	Ports 14.quarterly	March 26, 2021			 PKG-SCRIPT(5)

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