Software Distributor Administrator Guide (September 2010)

1.3.4 Opening and closing items in the object list
The Software Selection window object list is hierarchical: you can open each object in
the list and show its contents. Objects in the list that contain other objects that can be
opened have an arrow (→) after the name.
• To open a subproduct, double click on it, or highlight the name and then select
Actions→Open Item. For example, to see the subproducts in the SD-DATABASE
product, open SD-DATABASE by double clicking on it. The object list then displays
the subproducts for SD-DATABASE.
• To close an object and return to the previous list, double click on the first item in
the list (..(go up)) or highlight the item and select Actions→Close Level.
When a product is opened, subproducts and filesets may appear in the same list. Only
products are listed together at the product level.
Filesets are the lowest level of hierarchical objects managed by SD-UX. You can not
view the contents of files, but you can view the list of files in each fileset and information
about each file.
1.3.5 Marking Items in the Object List
There are two ways to mark an object in the object list:
• Use the menu bar:
1. Click on the object to highlight it.
2. Select Actions→Mark for Install (or Mark for Copy or Mark for Remove)
• Use the pop-up menu:
1. Click on the object to highlight it.
2. Right click to display the pop-up menu.
3. Select Mark for Install (or Mark for Copy or Mark for Remove)
Flags (Yes, Partial or blank) show whether items in the list have been marked for
an activity (see the Marked? column).
(For the TUI, mark items by pressing Space when the cursor is on the item and then
press the m key. Unmark items with the u key.)
1.3.6 Preselecting Host Files
The defaults.hosts file contains lists of hosts that are used by the GUI/TUI
programs. This lets you use preselected choices for source and target systems. These
lists are stored in the $HOME/.swdefaults.hosts or /var/adm/defaults.hosts
files.
For each interactive command, target hosts containing roots or depots are specified in
this file by separate lists (hosts, hosts_with_depots). The list of hosts are enclosed
in {} braces and separated by white space (blank, tab and newline). For example:
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