HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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swmodify(1M) swmodify(1M)
(HP-UX Software Distributor)
For example, the expression r=1[01].*
returns any revision in version 10 or version 11.
• All version components are repeatable within a single specification (e.g.
r>=A.12, r<A.20).
If multiple components are used, the selection must match all components.
• Fully qualified software specs include the
r=, a=, and v= version components even if they con-
tain empty strings. For installed software,
l= is also included.
• No space or tab characters are allowed in a software selection.
• The software instance_id can take the place of the version component. It has the form:
[instance_id]
within the context of an exported catalog, where instance_id is an integer that distinguishes ver-
sions of products and bundles with the same tag.
Tar get Selection
The
swmodify command supports the specification of a single, local target_selection, using the syntax:
[ @/directory]
When operating on the primary root, no target_selection needs to be specified. (The target / is assumed.)
When operating on a software depot, the target_selection specifies the path to that depot. If the
-d option
is specified and no target_selection is specified, the default
distribution_target_directory
is
assumed (see below).
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Default Options
In addition to the standard options, several SD behaviors and policy options can be changed by editing the
default values found in:
/var/adm/sw/defaults
the system-wide default values.
$HOME/.swdefaults
the user-specific default values.
Values must be specified in the defaults file using this syntax:
[command_name.]option=value
The optional command_name prefix denotes one of the SD commands. Using the prefix limits the change in
the default value to that command. If you leave the prefix off, the change applies to all commands.
You can also override default values from the command line with the -x or -X
options:
command
-x option=value
command -X option_file
The following keywords are supported by swmodify. If a default value exists, it is listed after the "=".
The commands that this option applies to are also specified. The policy options that apply to
swmodify
are:
admin_directory=/var/adm/sw
(for normal mode)
admin_directory=/var/home/LOGNAME/sw
(for nonprivileged mode)
The location for SD logfiles and the default parent directory for the installed software cata-
log. The default value is
/var/adm/sw for normal SD operations. When SD operates in
nonprivileged mode (that is, when the run_as_superuser default option is set to
true):
• The default value is forced to /var/home/LOGNAME/sw.
• The path element LOGNAME is replaced with the name of the invoking user, which SD
reads from the system password file.
• If you set the value of this option to HOME/path, SD replaces HOME with the invoking
user’s home directory (from the system password file) and resolves path relative to that
directory. For example, HOME/my_admin resolves to the my_admin directory in your
home directory.
• If you set the value of the installed_software_catalog default option to a
relative path, that path is resolved relative to the value of this option.
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