Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Command Options
Options Listed Alphabetically
Appendix A448
• patch_commit=false
Commits a patch by removing files saved for patch rollback. The
default value is false. When set to true, this option removes the saved
files for the patches specified in the software selections for the
command. Once you have run this option on a patch, you cannot
remove the patch unless you remove the associated base software
that the patch modified.
Applies only to swmodify.
• patch_filter=*.*
Specifies a
software_specification for a patch filter.
This option can be is used in conjunction with the
autoselect_patches and patch_match_target options to filter the
selected patches to meet the criteria specified by
software_specification . The default software_specification
value is *.*.
Note that patch filtering is overridden if you specify software with a
command or if you use the \* wildcard to select software
Applies to swask, swcopy and swinstall.
• patch_match_target=false
If set to true, this option selects the latest patches (software
packaged with the is_patch attribute set to true) that correspond to
software on the target root or depot.
The patch_filter= option can be used with the
patch_match_target option.
Applies to swcopy and swinstall.
• patch_one_liner=title patch_state
Use this command to specify the attributes displayed for each object
listed when the -l patch option is invoked and when no -a or -v
option is specified. The default display attributes are title and
patch_state.
Applies to swlist and swjob.