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swask(1M) swask(1M)
To save session information in a different location, execute
swask with the -C session__file option.
A session file uses the same syntax as the defaults files. You can specify an absolute path for a 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, specify the session file as the argument for the
-S session__file option.
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
swask
take precedence over the values in the session file.
Software and Target Lists
You can use files containing software and target selections as input to the
swask command. See the -f
and -t options for more information.
Environment Variables
The environment variables that affect the
swask command are:
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 lang(5) 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 (for exam-
ple, 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 log-
ging
.
TZ Determines the time zone for use when displaying dates and times.
Environment variables that affect scripts:
SW_CATALOG
Holds the path to the Installed Products Database (IPD), relative to the path in the
SW_ROOT_DIRECTORY
environment variable. Note that you can specify a path for the
IPD using the
installed_software_catalog
default option.
SW_CONTROL_DIRECTORY
Defines the current directory of the script being executed, either a temporary catalog direc-
tory, or a directory within in the Installed Products Database (IPD). This variable tells
scripts where other control scripts for the software are located (for example, subscripts).
SW_CONTROL_TAG
Holds the tag name of the control_file being executed. When packaging software, you can
define a physical name and path for a control file in a depot. This lets you define the
control_file with a name other than its tag and lets you use multiple control file definitions
to point to the same file. A control_file can query the SW_CONTROL_TAG variable to
determine which tag is being executed.
SW_LOCATION
Defines the location of the product, which may have been changed from the default product
directory. When combined with the
SW_ROOT_DIRECTORY, this variable tells scripts
where the product files are located.
SW_PATH
A PATH variable which defines a minimum set of commands available for use in a control
script (for example, /sbin:/usr/bin).
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