Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Introduction to Software Distributor
Working from the Command Line
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Working from the Command Line
You can invoke all SD-UX commands non-interactively via the command
line. This section provides reference information about command-line
features available across most of the commands.
The command line is most effective for:
• Quickly executing simple commands
• Executing tasks that take a long time to accomplish
• Creating commands for later execution by scripts
A typical command line might look like this:
Figure 1-15 Sample Command
The example shows that you have several ways to specify SD-UX
behavior including command-line options (such as -f and -s), input
files (mysoft and /mnt/cd), and target selections.
A complete list of command line components includes:
• Software selections and software selection files (page 56)
• Target selections and target selection files (page 58)
• Command-line options (page 59)
• Session files (page 61)
Each item on this list is discussed in more detail in the following
sections.
swinstall -f MySoft -s /mnnt/cd @ targetB
command
File of
software
selections
Location of
software
depot
Target host