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

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.)
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:
swinstall.hosts={hostA hostB hostC hostD hostE hostF}
swcopy.hosts_with_depots={hostS}
When you use the program, dialog boxes that let you choose a source system from a list will
display all hosts specified in defaults.hosts or remembered from a previous session. Once a
source is successfully accessed, that host is automatically added to the list in the defaults.hosts
file and displayed in the dialog.
If there are no hosts specified in defaults.hosts, only the local host and default source host
appear in the lists.
If a host system does not appear in the list, you can enter a new name from the GUI/TUI program.
Software Selection Window
The Software Selection Window (Figure 5: “Software Selection Window”,) is the standard window
for all SD-UX GUI programs. It features the standard menu bar, message area, and object list of
software available for selection. Menu items are discussed in the following sections.
Figure 5 Software Selection Window
Session and File Management—The File Menu
The File menu is the primary tool for managing session files, searching, and printing.
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