Software Distributor (SD-UX) Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (762797-001, March 2014)

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check_scripts=true
Normally set to true, run the vendor-supplied verify scripts when verifying software.
Applies only to swverify.
check_volatile=false
When set to true, swverify verifies installed files that have the is_volatile attribute set.
By default, installed volatile files do not have their attributes verified because they are intended
to be modified by the customer.
Applies only to swverify.
codeword=
Lets you to enter a codeword for the HP-UX licensing procedure. Once entered you need not
re-enter the codeword. See “Working with Protected Software (page 23) for more information.
Applies to swcopy, swinstall and swlist.
compress_cmd=/usr/contrib/bin/gzip
Specifies the command called by the source agent to compress files before installing, copying,
or packaging.
If you set the compression_type option to a value other than gzip or compress, you
must change this path.
Applies to swagent and swpackage.
compress_files=false
Controls file compression during transfer. When set to false, files are not compressed before
transfer from a remote source.
If set to true, SD-UX compresses files before network transfer if they’re not already compressed.
For swinstall, the files are uncompressed after network transfer.
If set to true during swcopy or swpackage, the resulting depots are smaller, unless you also
set uncompress_files to true.
Applies to swcopy, swinstall and swpackage.
compress_index=false
Enhances performance on slower networks, although it may increase disk space usage due
to a larger Installed Products Database and depot catalog. The default of false does not
compress INDEX and INFO files. When set to true, INDEX and INFO files are compressed.
Applies to swinstall, swcopy, swpackage, swmodify, swconfig, and swremove.
compression_type=gzip
Defines the default compression type used by the agent (or set by swpackage) when it
compresses files during or after transmission.
If uncompress_files is set to false, the compression type is recorded for each file
compressed so that the correct uncompression can later be applied during a swinstall, or
a swcopy with uncompress_files set to true.
The compress_cmd specified must produce files with the compression_type specified.
The uncompress_cmd must be able to process files of the compression_type specified
unless the format is gzip which is uncompressed by the internal uncompressor (funzip). To use
gzip you must load the SW-DIST.GZIP fileset (which is optional freeware). If the
SW-DIST.GZIP fileset is loaded, then you may set the compression options as follows:
compress_cmd=/usr/contrib/bin/gzip
uncompress_cmd=/usr/contrib/bin/gunzip
compression_type=gzip
Applies to swpackage and swagent.
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