updmerge(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       updmerge(8)

NAME

       updmerge - DO NOT USE THE updmerge UTILITY!

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/updmerge [-r] directory

       /usr/bin/updmerge directory

       /usr/bin/updmerge file directory

OPTIONS

       Performs  a  recursive  reinstallation  of  all	the files and subdirectories in the /var/adm/install/update area relative to the specified
       directory.

OPERANDS

       Specifies the directory from which the reinstallation is relative, typically the root (/) directory.  Specifies the name of a file  in  the
       update area, or specifies the relative pathname of that file from the update area.

DESCRIPTION

									 Caution

       DO NOT USE THE updmerge UTILITY!

       The  updmerge  utility  lets you merge files that have been preserved from a previous installation into a new installation environment. Any
       user file or customized file from a previous installation that you do not want replaced or overwritten can be saved and reintegrated into a
       new installation environment.

       You must have superuser privileges to invoke the updmerge utility, and the system must be in single-user mode. The updmerge utility must be
       invoked from the /var/adm/install/update directory, which is created by the updmv utility and contains entries for the files that have been
       preserved  from	the previous installation.  Use the -r option followed by the directory operand to perform a recursive installation of all
       preserved subdirectories under the /var/adm/install/update area relative to a specific  directory.   Use  the  directory  operand  only	to
       install	only those preserved files directly under the /var/adm/install/update directory. This causes a non-recursive merge of the files in
       the specified directory. If you use the directory operand only, subdirectories in /var/adm/install/update  are  not  merged  into  the  new
       installation environment.  Use the file operand followed by the directory operand to install a single preserved file.  This file can be the
       name  of  the  file  in	the  /var/adm/install/update  directory,  or  it  can  contain	the  relative  pathname  of  that  file  from  the
       /var/adm/install/update directory.

	      If  the  file  operand  is a directory name instead of a file name, the updmerge utility reinstalls all files in that directory, but
	      none in its subdirectories.

       To integrate files from the previous installation into the new installation environment, the updmerge utility compares each preserved  file
       to  the newly installed files with the following rules: If the preserved file does not exist on the system, you can view the preserved file
       before determining whether or not to install it.  If the preserved file does exist on the system, you can view the differences between  the
       preserved  file	and the newly installed file before selecting the file you want installed on the system.  If a preserved file is identical
       to a newly installed file, a message is issued and the next file is checked.

EXAMPLES

       Recursively install all preserved subdirectories and files under /var/adm/install/update relative to the root (/) directory: updmerge -r /

       Install the preserved /etc/hosts file relative to the root (/) directory: updmerge etc/hosts /

       Install the preserved files in the etc directory relative to the root (/) directory (in this case, /etc): updmerge etc /

RESTRICTIONS

									 Caution

       DO NOT USE THE updmerge UTILITY!

       You must have superuser privileges to invoke the updmerge utility.

       The system must be in single-user mode before you invoke the updmerge utility.

       The updmerge utility must be invoked from the /var/adm/install/update directory.

FILES

       Storage area created by the updmv utility.

SEE ALSO

       genufi(8), invsync(8), updmv(8), udetect(8), usync(8) stl_inv(4)

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