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

• Change attribute values for any existing object.
• Define attributes for new objects that you add.
The equivalent IPD files for a depot are called catalog files. When a depot is created or modified
using swcopy, catalog files are built (by default in /var/spool/sw/catalog) that describe
the depot and its contents.
IPD Contents
Located in the directory /var/adm/sw/products, the IPD is a series of files and subdirectories
that contain information about all the products that are installed under the root directory (/). This
information includes “tags” or product names, one-line title fields, paragraph-or-longer description
text, long README files, copyright information, vendor information and part numbers on each
product installed. In addition, the IPD contains revision information and a user-targeted architecture
field including the four uname attributes (operating system name, release, version and hardware
machine type). Here is what the IPD INFO file for a product called “Accounting” looks like:
fileset
tag ACCOUNTNG
data_model_revision 2.4
instance_id 1
control_directory ACCOUNTNG
size 292271
revision B.11.00
description Vendor Name: Hewlett-Packard Company
Product Name: Accounting
Fileset Name: ACCOUNTING
Text: "HP-UX System Accounting feature set. Use these
features to gather billing data for such items as disk space
usage, connect time or CPU resource usage.
"
timestamp 797724879
install_date 199504121614.39
install_source hpfclc.fc.hp.com:/release/11.00_gsL/goodsystem state configured
ancestor HPUX10.20.ACCOUNTNG
corequisite OS-Core.CMDS-MIN,r>=B.11.00,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP
Catalog files are the equivalent IPD files but they are for software stored in a depot. When a depot
is created or modified using swcopy, these files are created and placed in the specified depot
(or in the default /var/spool/sw depot). They describe the depot and its contents.
The swinstall, swconfig, swcopy, and swremove tasks automatically add to, change and
delete IPD and catalog file information as the commands are executed. swlist and swverify
tasks read the IPD information and use it to affect command behavior.
The IPD also contains the swlock file, which manages simultaneous read and/or write access to
software objects.
Using swmodify
Syntax
swmodify [-d] [-p] [-r] [-u] [-v [-V] [-a attribute=[value]]
[-c catalog][-C session file] [-f software_file] [-P pathname_file]
[-s product_specification_file] [-S session_file] [-x option=value][-X option_file]
[software_selections] [@ target_selection]
Options and Operands
-d Perform modifications on a depot (not on a primary or
alternate root). Your target_selection must be a depot.
-p Previews a modify session without changing anything within
the target_selection.
Modifying the IPD (swmodify) 73