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source_file=
Defines the default location of the source product specification file (PSF). The
host:path
syntax is not allowed, only a valid path
can be specified. The -s option overrides this
value.
targets=
Defines the default target_selections. There is no supplied default (see
select_local
above). If there is more than one target selection, they must be separated by spaces. Tar-
gets are usually specified in a target input file, as operands on the command line, or in the
GUI.
verbose=1
Controls the verbosity of a non-interactive command’s output:
0 disables output to stdout. (Error and warning messages are always written to stderr).
1 enables verbose messaging to stdout.
2 for swmodify, enables very verbose messaging to stdout.
Session File
Each invocation of the swmodify command defines a modify session. The invocation options, source
information, software selections, and target hosts are saved before the installation or copy task actually
commences. This lets you re-execute the command even if the session ends before proper completion.
Each session is automatically saved to the file
$HOME/.sw/sessions/swmodify.last
. This file is
overwritten by each invocation of
swmodify.
You can also save session information to a specific file by executing
swmodify with the -C session__file
option.
A session file uses the same syntax as the defaults files. You can specify an absolute path for the session
file. If you do not specify a directory, the default location for a session file is
$HOME/.sw/sessions/.
To re-execute a session file, specify the session file as the argument for the
-S session__file option of
swmodify. See the swpackage(4) by typing man 4 swpackage for PSF syntax.
Note that when you re-execute a session file, the values in the session file take precedence over values in
the system defaults file. Likewise, any command line options or parameters that you specify when you
invoke swmodify take precedence over the values in the session file.
Environment Variables
The environment variable that affects swmodify is:
LANG Determines the language in which messages are displayed. If LANG is not specified or is
set to the empty string, a default value of C is used. See the lang(5) man page by typing
man 5 lang for more information.
NOTE: The language in which the SD agent and daemon log messages are displayed is set
by the system configuration variable script, /etc/rc.config.d/LANG
. For example,
/etc/rc.config.d/LANG
, must be set to LANG=ja_JP.SJIS or
LANG=ja_JP.eucJP to make the agent and daemon log messages display in Japanese.
LC_ALL Determines the locale to be used to override any values for locale categories specified by the
settings of LANG or any environment variables beginning with LC_.
LC_CTYPE
Determines the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (e.g., single-
versus multibyte characters in values for vendor-defined attributes).
LC_MESSAGES
Determines the language in which messages should be written.
LC_TIME
Determines the format of dates (create_date and mod_date) when displayed by swlist.
Used by all utilities when displaying dates and times in stdout, stderr, and logging.
TZ Determines the time zone for use when displaying dates and times.
Signals
The swmodify command ignores SIGHUP, SIGTERM, SIGUSR1, and SIGUSR2. The swmodify com-
mand catches SIGINT and SIGQUIT. If these signals are received, swmodify prints a message and
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