The package creation tools

The packaging tools are provided to automate package creation and to remove the burden of packaging from the developer. The three packaging tools are:

• pkgmk(1) creates a package image in directory structure format from the components of a package on the development machine.

• pkgtrans(1) translates an installable package from one package format to another. The two format types are directory structure and datastream. For example, after having used pkgmk to create a package in directory structure format, you might use pkgtrans to translate it into datastream format.

• pkgproto(1) generates a prototype(4) file based on the directory structure of your development area.