HP-UX Software Assistant Reference (November, 2010)

PCW installed, active patches
with critical warnings
PW installed, active patches
with warnings (a superset
of PCW)
QPK latest quality pack
SEC security bulletins that may
apply
CHAIN=patchID[,patchID]* given a specific patch,
SWA indicates whether
that patch is required for
your system or not. If the
patch is required, SWA
selects the HP
recommended patch at
or above the specified
patch.
PATCH=patchID[,patchID]* given a specific patch,
SWA indicates whether
that patch is required for
your system or not. HP
recommends the CHAIN
analyzer to report a
patches' relevance to
your system, since it will
report the most recent,
stable patch in the chain
of superseded patches.
If the -a option is not specified, the QPK, SEC, and PCW
analyzers are used. See also the -x analyzers extended
option.
-p Runs this command in preview mode.
-r stdout_report_type Specifies the type of report to display to standard output. Legal
values are as follows:
action (Default) Summary of recommended actions
issue Summary of identified issues
detail Recommended actions with issue justification
html Comprehensive report in HTML source format —
includes the Action, Issue, and Detail reports
none No report is generated on standard output
-s inventory_source Specify one system or depot to be inventoried, or an existing
local inventory file to be analyzed and reported on. If this option
is not specified, the local system is inventoried, analyzed, and
reported on. Supports Secure Shell (recommended for remote
connections) and swlist protocols for gathering inventory
information. See the extended option inventory_source for
more details.
-t target_depot Copy software into the depot specified by target_depot. This
is where patches from HP are copied into. Normally, the
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