Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems

This section presents some examples of swlist to display information about patches, bundles,
and depots.
NOTE: For brevity and improved readability, some lines of SD-UX command output have been
shortened or removed.
Examples of the swlist command
Use the swlist command with no arguments to get a default listing of all top-level software
installed on the local host:
swlist
For example:
$ swlist
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "some_system"...
#
# Target: some_system:/
# Bundle(s):
BUNDLE11i B.11.11.0102.2 Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i, February 2001
GOLDAPPS11i B.11.11.0312.4 Gold Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i v1, Dec 2003
GOLDBASE11i B.11.11.0312.4 Gold Base Patches for HP-UX 11i v1, December 2003
HWEnable11i B.11.11.0309.4 Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i, Sep 2003
MOZILLA 1.4.0.00.00 Mozilla 1.4 for HP-UX
T1471AA A.03.50.000 HP-UX Secure Shell
# Product(s) not contained in a Bundle:
PHCO_28848 1.0 Software Distributor Cumulative Patch
PHCO_29010 1.0 shar(1) patch
PHCO_29495 1.0 libc cumulative patch
PHSS_28677 1.0 CDE Applications Periodic Patch
vim 5.8 Vi IMproved
The swlist command has many arguments. This chapter considers only the following arguments
and operands:
swlist [-d] [-l level] [-a attribute] [-s source] [software_selections] [-x
option=value] [@ target_selections]
• -d
Directs the swlist command to operate on a software depot rather than on software
currently installed on the system. When you use this argument, you must also use the @
target_selections argument to specify the depot.
• -l level
— Lists all software objects down to the specified level. The following is a partial list of
supported level values:
◦ depot: Lists software available from registered depots.
◦ bundle: Shows only bundles.
◦ product: Shows only products.
◦ patch: Shows all applied patches.
◦ fileset: Shows products and filesets.
◦ file: Shows products, filesets, files, and numbers (used in software licensing).
◦ category: Shows all categories of available patches for patches that have included
category objects in their definition.
— Specifies multiple values for level:
-l bundle -l product: Shows bundles and the products they contain.
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