Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)

Applies only to swagent.
• targets=
There is no supplied default (see also select_local). If there is more than one
target, they must be separated by spaces. Targets are usually specified in a target
input file, as options on the command line or in the GUI.
Applies to all commands.
• target_directory
See distribution_target_directory.
• target_tape
See distribution_target_serial.
• target_type
See media_type.
• uncompress_cmd=
This is the command called by the source agent to uncompress files when installing,
copying or packaging.
This command processes files that were stored on the media in compressed format.
If the compression_type of the file is gzip, the internal compression (funzip)
is used instead of the external uncompress command.
Applies to swagent and swpackage.
• uncompress_files=false
When set to true, files are uncompressed using the current uncompress_cmd
before storing them on the target depot.
Only one of the uncompress_files and compress_files options may be set
to true during a swpackage session.
The uncompress_files option may not be set to true if package_in_place
is set to true or if the media_type is set to tape.
Applies to swcopy and swpackage.
• use_alternate_source=false
At the default value of false, swinstall or swcopy begins an analysis or task
with a request that includes information describing the source binding and depot
path for the local host to use as the software source.
If true, the local host uses its own configured value. On the local host, the agent’s
configured value for alternate_source is specified in host:/path format. If
this value contains only a path component (for example,
alternate_source=:/path), the agent applies this path to the file system of
its own local host.
If only the host component exists (for example, alternate_source=host), the
agent applies the controller-supplied path to this host. If there is no configured
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