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swinstall(1M) swinstall(1M)
[], *, ?,
!
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 (for example,
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 contain 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.
The
\* software specification selects all products. It is not allowed when removing software from the root
directory /.
Tar get Selection
The swinstall and swcopy commands support the following syntax for each target_selection. The
colon (
:) is required if both a host and directory are specified.
[host][:][/directory]
A host may be specified by its host name, domain name, or Internet address. A directory must be specified
by an absolute path.
If multiple targets are specified, the first target in the list is used as the basis for selections.
For linkinstall, on HP-UX 10.X systems: if the [directory] part of the selection is a relative path, then the
value of default.shared_root=true is pre-pended for sources and the value of default.private_root=true is
pre-pended for targets. These are normally
/export/shared_roots
and
/export/private_roots
, respectively.
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 section lists all of the keywords supported by the swinstall and swcopy commands. If
a default value exists, it is listed after the =.
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.
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