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swpackage(1M) swpackage(1M)
NAME
swpackage - package software products into a target depot or tape
SYNOPSIS
swpackage [-p][-v][
-V][-C session_file ][-d directory|device ][-f software_file ]
[
-s product_specification_file|directory ][
-S session_file ][
-x option=value ][-X option_file ]
[software_selections][
@ directory|device]
Remarks
• For a description of the Product Specification File (PSF) used as input to the
swpackage command,
see the swpackage(4) man page by typing
man 4 swpackage on the command line.
• For an overview of all SD commands, see the sd(5) man page by typing
man 5 sd on the command
line.
• For descriptions of all SD objects, attributes and data formats, see the sd(4) man page by typing
man 4
sd
on the command line.
DESCRIPTION
The swpackage command is not distributed; it only operates on the local host. It packages software pro-
ducts into:
• a distribution directory (which can be accessed directly or copied onto a CD-ROM),
• a distribution tape, such as DDS, nine-track or cartridge tapes.
NOTE: swpackage treats everything following -d and @ as the path to the directory|device.If
swpackage -d string1:/string2 -s <psf>
or
swpackage -s <psf> @ string1:/string2
is entered, swpackage will not treat string1 as if it is a hostname as other Software Distributor com-
mands do. string1 is treated as part of the path.
A software product is organized into a three-level hierarchy: products, subproducts, and filesets. The
actual files that make up a product are packaged into filesets. Subproducts can be used to partition or sub-
set the filesets into logical groupings. (Subproducts are optional.) A product, subproduct, and fileset also
have attributes associated with them.
Both directory and tape distributions use the same format. The
swpackage command:
• Organizes the software to be packaged into products, subproducts, and filesets,
• Provides flexible mechanisms to package source files into filesets,
• Modifies existing products in a distribution directory,
• Copies products in a distribution directory to a distribution tape.
Both the
swpackage and swcopy commands create or modify a target depot. The differences between
these commands are:
• The swcopy command copies products from an existing depot to another depot. The swpackage
command creates products based on the user’s specification, and packages these products into a depot.
• swpackage can be used to re-package software_selections from an existing distribution directory to a
distribution tape.
• The swcopy command can copy from a local or remote source to a set of local or remote targets. The
swpackage command packages source files from the local filesystem into a product, for insertion into
a local distribution directory or tape.
• After creating a target depot, swcopy registers that directory with the local swagentd so that it can
be found by swlist, swinstall, etc. With swpackage, the depot is not registered; the user must
explicitly invoke the swreg command.
Layout Version
By default, 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
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