Naming And Storing Images - Novell SLRS 8 Admin Manual

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15.4 Naming and Storing Images

An image is always created in a directory that must be indicated. The fol-
lowing path was defined as the root directory for all the components of this
project:
/opt/SLES/POS
All the prebuilt images are thus written to the directory /opt/SLES/POS/image
and the associated image descriptions to the directory /opt/SLES/POS/system.
The image description directory contains all the scripts, configuration files,
and the structure required to build standard images for cash register systems
using the imageBuilder. The imageBuilder is part of the SUSE LINUX Retail
Solution 8 (SLRS 8) CD set.
The naming of the image description directory is done according to the fol-
lowing scheme:
ImageName-Version
The ImageName within the description directory is selectable, but should be
the same as the name of the image file. The naming of the image file is done
according to the following scheme:
ImageName-Version-Date
Here, ImageName is the name indicated in the configuration file for the
image. The config file is part of the description files that are created in
the directory during the generation of the image.
Version is the ImageVersion extracted from the directory name. Image
description directories cannot be created that do not have a version num-
ber in their name. (Example: browser-1.1.1)
Date is the image creation date. The directory holds up to five im-
ages before the system begins overwriting the oldest image. (Example:
minimal-1.1.7-2003-07-23)
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