HP-UX Software Assistant Reference (November, 2010)

recommended patch at
or above the specified
patch.
PATCH=patchID[,patchID]* Given a specific patch,
SWA indicates whether
that patch is required for
your system or not. HP
recommends the CHAIN
analyzer to report a
patches' relevance to
your system, since it will
report the most recent,
stable patch in the chain
of superseded patches.
If the -a option is not specified, the QPK, SEC, and PCW
analyzers are used. See also the -x analyzers extended
option.
-r stdout_report_type Specifies the type of report to display to standard output. Legal
values are as follows:
action (Default) Summary of recommended actions
issue Summary of identified issues
detail Recommended actions with issue justification
html Comprehensive report in HTML source format –
includes the Action, Issue, and Detail reports.
none No report is generated on standard output
-s inventory_source Specify one system or depot to be inventoried, or an existing
local inventory file to be analyzed and reported on. If this option
is not specified, the local system is inventoried, analyzed, and
reported on. Supports Secure Shell (recommended for remote
connections) and swlist protocols for gathering inventory
information. See the extended option inventory_source for
more details.
-q The verbosity level is decreased by one each time -q is specified.
(See also the -x verbosity option.)
-v The verbosity level is increased by one each time -v is specified.
(See also the -x verbosity option.)
-? Displays general usage.
-option -? Describes the legal values for this extended option. If option
is -x, all possible extended options are listed for the specified
major mode. If no major mode is given, all extended options
are listed for all the major modes.
-x option=value Sets the extended option to a value. See the Extended Options
definitions below.
-x option=-? Describes the legal values for this option.
-X option_file Gets the extended options from option_file. For a description
and examples of syntax for this file, see the
/etc/opt/swa/swa.conf.template file.
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