Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)

swlist A SD-UX command that lists software objects, their attributes, and their organization. It lists both
installed software and software contained within a depot.
swlock A file that contains the read or write access to software objects and ACLs.
swmodify A SD-UX command that lets you change information in the installed products database or depot
catalog files.
swpackage A SD-UX command that uses a product specification file (PSF) to organize software products and
package them into a depot. The depot can be accessed directly by SD-UX commands or mastered
onto CD-ROM or tape.
swreg A SD-UX command used to register or unregister depots.
swremove A SD-UX command that removes previously installed software or removes packaged software
from a depot.
swverify A SD-UX command that verifies installed software or depot software for correctness and
completeness.
Systems Computers, either stand-alone or networked to other computers. See local host.
T
Tag In packaging, a keyword that defines the distribution tag or software object’s name attribute for
the destination depot (media).
Tape Depot A software depot stored in a tar (tape archive) format. Within the tape depot, the archive, directory
and file entries are organized using the same structure as any other SD-UX format depot. Tape
depots such as cartridge tapes, DAT and 9-track tape are referred to by the file system path to the
tape drive’s device file.
Tape Media Software media that uses tar to store SD-UX software products and control files. It usually resides
on a serial media such as a DDS, cartridge, nine-track, or other tape, though it can also be a regular
file that contains the tar archive. Within the tar archive, directory and file entries are organized
using the same structure as any other depot.
Tape Source See tape depot.
Target Any system on which software is to be installed or managed with SD-UX. There are typically
multiple targets on a network, identified by system name, network address, user name, or by a
user group. Targets can contain a primary root, an alternate root, or depots. A target may also be the
object of remote operations.
Target Group
Most SD-UX commands let you use the -t target_file option to read a list of previously
defined target selections as operands for the command. You can also read or save target group files
from the GUI programs when remote operations are enabled.
Target
Selection
A group of systems or software objects that you have selected as targets for an operation. You can
save these selections for later re-use. See target group.
Title A one-line, full name attribute that identifies the product with a title.
TUI Terminal user interface. A character-based display with windows and pull-down menus that
works on ASCII terminals. The TUI uses the keyboard to navigate (no mouse). See also Command
Line User Interface and Graphical User Interface.
TUI See Terminal User Interface.
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