Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Using Control Scripts

Using Environment Variables

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LC_MESSAGES

• Determines the language in which messages should be written.

LC_TIME

• Determines the format of dates (create_date and mod_date) when

displayed by swlist. Used by all utilities when displaying dates and

times in stdout, stderr, and logging.

• Determines the time zone for use when displaying dates and times.

Variables That Affect All SD-UX Scripts

SW_CATALOG

• Holds the path to the Installed Products Database (IPD), relative

to the path in the SW_ROOT_DIRECTORY environment variable.

(You can specify a path for the IPD using the

installed_software_catalog default option.)

SW_CONTROL_DIRECTORY

• Defines the full pathname to the directory containing the script. This

tells other scripts where other control scripts for the software are

located (subscripts, for example).

Also contains the response file generated by a request script. Other

scripts that reference the response file access the file by referencing

this variable.

The directory is either a temporary catalog directory, or a directory

within in the Installed Products Database (IPD).