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The .profile Script

The Drupal installation system expects profiles to have certain features. These are implemented as functions that follow naming conventions like those of hooks. A function signature begins with the profile name.

For example, Drupal expects a function named<profilename>_profile_details() to exist, where<profilename> is replaced by the name of the profile. If this is not defined, the profile will not be available.

A .profile file should have the following functions:

<profilename>_profile_details(): Provides basic information about the profile. (This is required for the profile to function.)
<profilename>_profile_modules(): Lists the modules that should be installed with this profile.
<profilename>_profile_tasks(): Handles the installation tasks.
<profilename>_profile_task_list(): Provides a list of tasks that this profile will perform during an install.

While these four functions are used directly by the installer, a .profile file may...

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