Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Introduction to Software Distributor
Using the GUI and TUI Commands
Chapter 1 41
Session and File Management—The File Menu
The File menu is the primary tool for managing session files, searching,
and printing.
GUI Session Files
Each invocation of one of the GUI commands defines a session. All
session information—including the options used to invoke the command,
source specifications, software selections, and target hosts—are
automatically saved. This lets you re-execute the command even if the
session ends before proper completion. (See “Session Files” on page 61.)
You can save session information into a file at any time by selecting the
Save Session or Save Session As choice from the File menu. The Recall
Session
choice lets you import the settings from a previously saved
session file.
Clear Session resets all options and operands to their default
values.
Each session is saved to a file for that command. For example:
$HOME/.sw/sessions/swinstall.last
$HOME/.sw/sessions/swcopy.last
$HOME/.sw/sessions/swremove.last
This file is overwritten by each time you start the GUI.
NOTE When you re-execute a session file, the values in the session file take
precedence over values in the system defaults file. Likewise, any
command line options or parameters that you specify when you invoke
the GUI take precedence over the values in the session file.
Performing Text Searches
The
Search... choice lets you perform a text search of the active list in a
window.