Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)

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]
1.4.3 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
-xoption=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 $HOME/.swdefaults
file, session files, or command line changes.
The template file /usr/lib/sw/sys.defaults provides an easy way to change
system-wide or personal option files.
The template file lists (as comments):
• All command options
• The commands to which each option applies
• Possible values for each option
• The resulting system behavior for each value.
You can copy values from this file into the system defaults file (/var/adm/sw/
defaults), your personal defaults file ($HOME/.swdefaults), or an input file (with
the -X input_file option) and edit them to affect SD-UX behavior.
Option files use this syntax:
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