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Custom Distribution Mastering Toolkit

Custom Distribution Mastering Toolkit

The Custom Distribution Mastering Toolkit (CDMT) allows you to prepare software distributions that conform to the Software Storage Object (SSO) standard. Use the CDMT to create distributions that can be installed with the custom(ADM) utility from cartridge tapes, floppy disks, CD, or directly from the hard disk over a network.

When the user installs the software product, custom transfers the files that comprise the product from the media (or directory on the hard disk) to the system on which the product is being installed. Using the information provided to CDMT, custom then places the files in the correct locations on the disk, assigns permissions, and executes configuration scripts.

To create SSO-standard products, use the CDMT to:


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