Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Software Distributor Files and File System Structure
Installed Products Database
Appendix D490
Installed Products Database
Software Distributor commands keep track of installations, products,
and filesets on the system with the Installed Product Database (IPD).
Located in the directory /var/adm/sw/products, the IPD is a series of
files and subdirectories that contain information about all the products
that are installed under the root directory (/). This information includes
all the attributes describing the products, filesets, and files. The
swinstall, swconfig, and swremove tasks automatically add to, change,
and delete this IPD information as the commands are executed.
You cannot manually edit the IPD files, but swmodify lets you change
local IPD and local depot catalog information.
The equivalent IPD files for a depot are called catalog files. When a depot
is created or modified using swcopy, catalog files are built (by default in
/var/spool/sw/catalog) that describe the depot and its contents.
The IPD also contains a swlock file that manages simultaneous read
and/or write access to software objects, and ACLs.
For More
Information
• “Modifying the IPD (swmodify)” on page 115