HP-UX Software Assistant Reference (November, 2010)

true Target depot can exist.

false Target depot must be created.

-x analysis_file=${user_dir}/cache/swa_analysis.xml

Usage: Basic

Applicable steps: analyze, report, download, depot

Specify the file containing the raw analysis results, including a list of software that should be

downloaded from Hewlett-Packard in order to address the issues found by the analysis. Use

this option to save the results from a specific analysis, and later reuse those results in order to

download the corresponding software from HP. If you do not use the default location when the

analysis file is created (swa report creates this file), be sure to specify that location when

the analysis file is later used (swa get uses this file).

Possible values include any absolute or relative path name with appropriate user accessible

permissions.

You may use ${user_dir} at the beginning of this option value. It will be replaced with the

value of the user_dir option (which defaults to $HOME/.swa).

-x analyzers=QPK SEC PCW

Usage: Basic

Applicable steps: analyze

Specifies a space-separated list (appropriately quoted for your shell if applicable) of analyzers

to be used. Each analyzer represents a different type of analysis that swa can perform. The

supported analyzers follow in two lists (generic and specific).

Generic analyzers:

CRIT patches that fix critical problems

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

Specific analyzers:

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patch in the chain of superseded patches.

Note: This option is equivalent to -a but is suitable for use within an extended options file

(-X) or configuration file.

-x catalog_max_age=24

Usage: Intermediate

Applicable steps: catalog

Specifies the age, in hours, of the locally-cached copy of the HP software catalog before a

new local copy is obtained. If the local file becomes too old (based on the timestamp in the

file), SWA tries to obtain a copy of the catalog from the catalog_source location. It is

possible the remote catalog is also too old (as determined by the timestamp in the file). For

example, suppose catalog_max_age=2 and catalog_source specifies a location that