Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Command Options
Options Listed Alphabetically
Appendix A428
false (Default for swinstall and swconfig.) Does not
execute request scripts.
as_needed Before executing a request script, swask first
determines if a response file already exists and
executes the request script only if the response file
is absent from the control directory.
See “Requesting User Responses (swask)” on page 407 for more
information on the swask command and writing request scripts.
Applies to swask, swconfig, and swinstall.
• auto_kernel_build=true
Normally set to true. Specifies whether the removal of a kernel
fileset should rebuild the kernel or not. If the kernel rebuild
succeeds, the system automatically reboots. If set to false, the system
continues to run the current kernel.
If the auto_kernel_build option is set to true, the autoreboot
option must also be set to true. If the auto_kernel_build option is
set to false the value of the autoreboot option does not matter.
Applies only to swremove.
• autoreboot=false
Normally set to false, indicating that installation of software
requiring a reboot is not allowed from the command line.
If set to true, this option allows installation or removal of the
software and automatically reboots the local host.
If the auto_kernel_build option is set to true, this option must also
be set to true.
Applies to swinstall and swremove.
• autorecover=false
This option permits automatic recovery of original filesets if an
installation error occurs. The cost is a temporary increase in disk
space and slower performance. The default value of false causes
swinstall to overwrite original files as a fileset is updated. If an error
occurs during the installation (e.g. network failure), then the original
files are lost, and you must reinstall the fileset.