Starting Software Package Builder

To launch SPB from the command line, enter:

/opt/spb/bin/spb

The SPB GUI will launch and by default, the application will use the packaging policy rules file appropriate for the HP-UX release version you are running on your system. The packaging policy rules file is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) formatted file which describes the legal PSF syntax and any field value constraints for your PSF. The default policies supplied with SPB are located in /opt/spb/data and are named as follows:

Specifying the Packaging Policy Rules File

You have the option of specifying a packaging policy rules file other than the default by using the -r option from the command line.

To launch SPB and specify the policy rules file, enter:

spb -r /opt/spb/data/<Myrules.xml>

	NOTE: If only a file name is given as the argument, SPB will look in the default policy rules file directory for the specified file. You can also specify an absolute path to the file.

For additional information on this and other SPB command line options, refer to the spb (1M) manpage.