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mod_time
The time of the last operation performed on the root.
path
The path to the root.
root_type
The type of root: shared, private or none.
contained bundles
The bundles installed into the root.
contained products
The products installed into the root.
contained vendor
The object defining a vendor object that is associated with subsequent bundle and product
objects that define a vendor_tag
attribute.
contained category
The object defining a category object that is associated with subsequent software objects that
define a category_tag attribute.
Vendor Attributes
Attribute Value Type Size Example
description multi_line_string 8K "This vendor ..."
title one_line_string 256 Hewlett-Packard Company
tag tag_string 64 HP
uuid one_line_string 64 1234567-CDEF-0123-4569
description
The multi-paragraph description of the vendor.
tag The identifier (short name) for the vendor. Used to associate a vendor object with subsequent
product or bundle objects having a vendor_tag attribute of the same value.
title
The full name (one-line description) for the vendor.
uuid
The vendor’s Universal Unique Identifier (UUID).
When listing the attributes of a vendor associated with the specified product or bundle using
swlist, the
option
-a vendor lists all of the vendor attributes. The option -a vendor.attribute can be used to
list specific vendor attributes (for example, -a vendor.title).
Note that the vendor specification is not the same as vendor-defined attributes described in the Vendor-
Defined Attributes section. Vendor specification describes who is providing the software. Vendor-defined
attributes associate extra miscellaneous data with the software.
Category Attributes
Attribute Value Type Size Example
description multi_line_string 8K normal patches
revision revision_string 64 0.0
tag tag_string 64 normal_patch
title one_line_string 256 patches for normal use
description
A more detailed description of the category.
tag A short name identifying the category. Each category must have a unique tag. This attribute
has no default value. The category tag patch is reserved. When is_patch is set to true
for a software object, a built-in category_tag attribute of value patch is automatically
included.
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