HP-UX Reference (11i v1 00/12) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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swmodify(1M) swmodify(1M)
See also the installed_software_catalog and run_as_superuser options.
compress_index=false
Determines whether SD commands create compressed INDEX and INFO catalog files when
writing to target depots or roots. The default of false does not create compressed files.
When set to true, SD creates compressed and uncompressed INDEX and INFO files. The
compressed files are named INDEX.gz and INFO.gz, and reside in the same directories as
the uncompressed files.
Compressed files can enhance performance on slower networks, although they may
increase disk space usage due to a larger Installed Products Database and depot catalog.
SD controllers and target agents for HP-UX 11.01 and higher automatically load the
compressed INDEX and INFO files from the source agent when:
• The source agent supports this feature.
• INDEX.gz or INFO.gz exist on the source depot.
• INDEX.gz or INFO.gz are not older than the corresponding uncompressed INDEX or
INFO files.
The uncompressed INDEX or INFO file is accessed by the source agent if any problem
occurs when accessing, transferring, or uncompressing the INDEX.gz or INFO.gz file.
control_files=
When adding or deleting control file objects, this option lists the tags of those control files.
There is no supplied default. If there is more than one tag, they must be separated by
white space and surrounded by quotes.
distribution_target_directory=/var/spool/sw
Defines the default distribution directory of the target depot. The target_selection operand
overrides this default.
files= When adding or deleting file objects, this option lists the pathnames of those file objects.
There is no supplied default. If there is more than one pathname, they must be separated
by white space.
installed_software_catalog=products
Defines the directory path where the Installed Products Database (IPD) is stored. This
information describes installed software. When set to an absolute path, this option defines
the location of the IPD. When this option contains a relative path, the SD controller
appends the value to the value specified by the
admin_directory
option to determine
the path to the IPD. For alternate roots, this path is resolved relative to the location of the
alternate root. This option does not affect where software is installed, only the IPD loca-
tion.
This option permits the simultaneous installationand removal of multiple software applica-
tions by multiple users or multiple processes, with each application or group of applications
using a different IPD.
Caution: use a specific
installed_software_catalog to manage a specific applica-
tion. SD does not support multiple descriptions of the same application in multiple IPDs.
See also the admin_directory
and run_as_superuser options, which control SD’s
nonprivileged mode. (This mode is intended only for managing applications that are spe-
cially designed and packaged. This mode cannot be used to manage the HP-UX operating
system or patches to it. For a full explanation of nonprivileged SD, see the Software Distri-
butor Administration Guide, available at the
http://docs.hp.com
web site.)
layout_version=1.0
Specifies the POSIX layout_version to which the SD commands conform when writ-
ing distributions and swlist output. Supported values are "1.0" (default) and "0.8".
SD object and attribute syntax conforms to the layout_version 1.0 specification of the IEEE
POSIX 1387.2 Software Administration standard. SD commands still accept the keyword
names associated with the older layout version, but you should use
layout_version=0.8
only to create distributions readable by older versions of SD.
See the description of the
layout_version
option in sd(5) for more information.
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