Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)

3.1.2.2 Changing the View
Use the View menu to change the columns displayed, select filters, and sort information:
• Columns displays the Columns Editor. You can choose which columns of software
information to display (i.e. software name, revision number, information, size in
Kbytes, architecture, category, etc.) and their order.
• Filter... displays a dialog from which you can filter the display list with logical
and relational operators for each field.
• Sort... lets you select sort fields, order, and criteria for the information displayed.
• Change Software View lets you toggle between a top-level view and a products
view.
• Change Software Filter... lets select from a list of predefined filters. (Only applies
to top-level software objects.)
3.1.2.3 Performing Actions
Use the Actions menu to open and close items on the display, show logfile information,
and show software descriptions:
• Open Item opens an item. (Same as double-clicking on the item.)
• Close Level closes the current level. (Same as double-clicking on ..(go up).
• Change Target opens a dialog box that lets you enter a path to select an alternate
root (for swlist -i) or alternate depot (for swlist -i -d).
• Show Logfile displays the system logfile.
• Show Audit Log displays software depot audit information stored in the audit
log (for swlist -i -d only). See “Source Depot Auditing” (page 130) for more
information.
• Show Description of Software displays attribute information about the currently
selected item.
3.1.3 Using the Command Line
Syntax
swlist [-d|-r] [-i] [-R] [-v] [-a attribute] [-c catalog]
[-C session_file] [-f software_file] [-l level] [-s source]
[-S session_file] [-t target_file] [-x option=value]
[-X option_file] [software_selections] [@ target_selections]
Options and Operands
-d
List products available from a depot. See “Listing the
Contents of a Depot (swlist -d) ” (page 129).
-i
Start the GUI. (See “Using the swlist GUI” (page 82).)
-r List products on an alternate root (instead of /).
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