Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Glossary
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Developer Host A system where software
application files are placed for further
integration and preparation for distribution.
You may use a developer host to assemble,
organize, and create product tapes or depots.
Description An attribute for products and
filesets, usually a paragraph description of
that product or fileset.
Details Dialog In the GUI or TUI, a dialog
box that lets you get more information about
a specific process to monitor its progress.
Directory In packaging, a keyword that
defines the a directory for a product object.
The directory specified is a default, absolute
pathname to the directory in which the
product will be installed.
Directory Depot The directory on a target
host where a depot is located. The default is
/var/spool/sw.
Disk Space Analysis (DSA) A process that
determines if a host’s available disk space is
sufficient for the selected products to be
installed.
Downdating Overwriting an installed
version of software with an older version.
DSA See Disk Space Analysis
E
End An optional keyword that ends the
software object specification in a PSF. No
value is required.
Exrequisite A dependency in which a fileset
requires the absence of another fileset before
it can be installed or configured. For
example, if fileset A cannot be installed or
configured if fileset B is already installed,
fileset B is an exrequisite for fileset A.
F
Fileset A collection of files. Most SD-UX
operations are performed on filesets.
G
Group In SD-UX security, a set of users.
Group Name In SD-UX security, the user’s
primary group.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) An
OSF/Motif ™ user interface, with windows
and pull-down menus, provided with the sd,
swinstall, swcopy, swlist, and swremove
commands. See also the Command Line User
Interface (CLUI) and Terminal User
Interface (TUI).
GUI See Graphical User Interface.
H
HOME A variable that contains the path of
the current user’s local log-in directory.
Host A computer system upon which SD-UX
operations are performed. See local host and
controller.
Host ACL The ACL that is attached to and
controls access to the host object.
I
Incompatible Software Software products
are created to run on specific computer
hardware and operating systems. Many
versions of the same products may exist,