Software Distributor Administrator Guide (September 2010)

• run_scripts=true
Controls whether or not control scripts (such as preinstall, preremove,
postremove, configure, etc.) are run during an install or remove session.
Control scripts are an important part of software packages, and setting this to false
might keep software from being installed correctly. Control scripts also provide
important cleanup when software is removed. Setting this to false during swremove
might result in some manual cleanup being required.
Applies to swinstall and swremove.
• select_local=true
Normally set to true, selects the default depot or installation directory of the local
host as the target of the command.
Applies to swacl, swconfig, swcopy, swinstall, swlist, swreg, swremove,
swverify.
• show_superseded_patches=false
If false, swlist will not display superseded patches. To see them, you must set
this option to true. Even if you explicitly swlist the superseded patch, it will not
display unless this option is true.
Applies only to swlist.
• software=
Defines the default software_selections.
There is no supplied default. If there is more than one software_selection,
they must be surrounded by brackets { } or quotes. Software is usually specified
in a software_selections input file, as options on the command line or in the GUI
or TUI.
Applies to all commands except swreg.
• software_view=products
Indicates which software view is to be used in the GUI. It can be set to products,
all_bundles, or a bundle category tag (shows only bundles of that category).
The default view is all_bundles plus products that are not part of a bundle.
Applies to swcopy, swinstall, swlist and swremove.
• source=
Specify a source to automatically bypass the GUI and CLI source selection dialog
box. This has the same effect as the -s source command line option. Specify the
source using the following syntax:
[path]
Applies to swcopy and swinstall.
• source_cdrom=/SD_CDROM
Defines the default location of the source CD-ROM. The syntax is:
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