How To Create A Software Distribution Directory For All Products On A CD

To create a software distribution directory that contains all of the products on the CD:

  1. Place the CD containing software products in the CDROM drive.
  2. Open up a dirview of the directory /usr. If the directory named dist does not exist within the /usr directory, create it.
  3. Open the directory dist and create within it a directory named desktop_special_ed_1.1.
  4. Open a shell by selecting Unix Shell in the Desktop ToolChest menu.
  5. Execute the following distcp command to copy all of the products from the CD to the software distribution directory. Note that this command will take some time to complete the copy.

The directory /usr/dist/desktop_special_ed_1.1 is now a software distribution directory containing all of the products on the CD.