Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Introduction to Software Distributor
Working from the Command Line
Chapter 1 59
Target Files
To keep the command line shorter, target selection input files let you
specify long lists of targets. With a target selection file, you only have to
specify the single file name.
The -t command-line option lets you specify a target file. For example:
swinstall -f mysoft -s /mnt/cd -t mytargs
In this example, the file mytargs (which resides in the current working
directory) contains a list of target selections for the swinstall command.
In the target file, blank lines and comments (lines beginning with #) are
ignored. Each target selection must be specified on a separate line and
must consist of a host name or network address, optionally followed by a
colon and a full path:
host [:/ directory ]
Using Command Options
You can control many SD-UX command policies and behaviors by setting
the appropriate command options. You can change the default values of
options using predefined files or values you specify directly on the
command-line. Altering default values with files can help when you don’t
want to specify command behavior every time you invoke the command.
These rules govern the way the defaults work:
1. Options in /var/adm/sw/defaults affect all SD-UX commands on
that system. This file can change the default behavior for all
commands to which an option applies or for specific commands only.
2. Options in your personal $HOME/.swdefaults file affect only you and
not the entire system.
3. Options read from a session file affect only that session.
4. Options changed on the command line by the -X
option_file or the
-x
option=value arguments override the system-wide and personal
options files but affect only that invocation of the command.
For system-wide policy setting, use the /var/adm/sw/defaults files.
Keep in mind, however, that users may override these options with their
own $HOME/.swdefaults file, session files, or command line changes.
The template file /usr/lib/sw/sys.defaults provides an easy way to
change system-wide or personal option files.