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NAME
       contents - list of files and associated packages

SYNOPSIS
       /var/sadm/install/contents

DESCRIPTION
       The  file  /var/sadm/install/contents  is a source of information about
       the packages installed on the system. This file must  never  be	edited
       directly.  Always  use the package and patch commands (see SEE ALSO) to
       make changes to the contents file.

       Each entry in the contents file is a single line. Fields in each	 entry
       are separated by a single space character.

       Two major styles of entries exist, old style and new style. The follow‐
       ing is the format of an old-style entry:

	 ftype class path package(s)

       The following is the general format of a new-style entry:

	 path[=rpath] ftype class [ftype-optional-fields] package(s)

       New-style entries differ for each ftype. The ftype designates the entry
       type,  as specified in pkgmap(4). The format for new-style entries, for
       each ftype, is as follows:

	 ftype s: path=rpath s class package
	 ftype l: path l class package
	 ftype d: path d class mode owner group package(s)
	 ftype b: path b class major minor mode owner group package
	 ftype c: path c class major minor mode owner group package
	 ftype f: path f class mode owner group size cksum modtime package
	 ftype x: path x class mode owner group package
	 ftype v: path v class mode owner group size cksum modtime package
	 ftype e: path e class mode owner group size cksum modtime package

       A significant distinction between old- and new-style  entries  is  that
       the  former  do	not begin with a slash (/) character, while the latter
       (new-style)  always  do.	 For  example,	the  following	are  old-style
       entries:

	 d none /dev SUNWcsd
	 e passwd /etc/passwd SUNWcsr

       The following are new-style entries:

	 /dev d none 0755 root sys SUNWcsr SUNWcsd
	 /etc/passwd e passwd 0644 root sys 580 48299 1077177419 SUNWcsr

       The  following are the descriptions of the fields in both old- and new-
       style entries.

       path	  The absolute path of the node being described. For  ftype  s
		  (indicating  a  symbolic  link) this is the indirect pointer
		  (link) name.

       rpath	  The relative path to the real file  or  linked-to  directory
		  name.

       ftype	  A  one-character  field  that	 indicates the entry type (see
		  pkgmap(4)).

       class	  The installation  class  to  which  the  file	 belongs  (see
		  pkgmap(4)).

       package	  The  package associated with this entry. For ftype d (direc‐
		  tory) more than one package can be present.

       mode	  The octal mode of the file (see pkgmap(4)).

       owner	  The owner of the file (see pkgmap(4)).

       group	  The group to which the file belongs (see pkgmap(4)).

       major	  The major device number (see pkgmap(4)).

       minor	  The minor device number (see pkgmap(4)).

       size	  The actual size of the file in bytes as reported by sum (see
		  pkgmap(4)).

       cksum	  The checksum of the file contents (see pkgmap(4)).

       modtime	  The time of last modification (see pkgmap(4)).

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcs			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability	     │Uncommitted		   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       patchadd(1M),	pkgadd(1M),    pkgadm(1M),    pkgchk(1M),   pkgmap(4),
       attributes(5)

NOTES
       As shown above, the interface stability	of  /var/sadm/install/contents
       is  Uncommitted	(see attributes(5)). It is common practice to use this
       file in a read-only manner to determine which  files  belong  to	 which
       packages	 installed  on	a system. While this file has been present for
       many releases of the Solaris operating system, it might not be  present
       in  future releases. The fully supported way to obtain information from
       the installed package database is through pkgchk(1M). It is highly rec‐
       ommended that you use pkgchk rather than relying on the contents file.

SunOS 5.11			  20 Dec 2007			   contents(4)
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