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NAME
swlist - display information about software products

SYNOPSIS
attribute] session_file] software_file] level] source] session_file] target_file] option=value] option_file]
[software_selections] target_selections]

Remarks
o This command supports operation on remote systems. See below.

o supports an interactive user interface that can be invoked by the command. See below.

o For an overview of all SD commands, see the sd(5) man page by typing on the command line.

DESCRIPTION
The command displays information about software products installed at or available from the specified target_selections. It supports these
features:

o Specify bundles, products, subproducts, and/or filesets to list.

o Display the files contained in each fileset.

o Display a table of contents from a software source.

o Specify the attributes to display for each software object.

o Display all attributes for bundles, products, subproducts, filesets and/or files.

o Display the full to be used with software selections.

o Display the file for products.

o Display the depots on a specified host.

o Create a list of products, subproducts, and/or filesets to use as input to the other commands.

o List the categories of available or applied patches.

o List applied patches and their state (applied or committed).

Operations on Remote Systems
supports operations on remote systems. By default, any user can list depots available or software installed on a remote target.

The command may be used to change Access Control Lists (ACLs) to prevent a system from being accessed remotely. For example, entering both
of the following commands:

replaces the default ACL that protects the root filesystem with one that only allows local users to list software installed.

Interactive Operation
supports an optional graphical user interface (GUI). (If your terminal or display cannot support the GUI, the command also provides a ter-
minal user interface, in which screen navigation is done with the keyboard and no mouse.)

To invoke the GUI, type:

or add the option with any other command-line options when you invoke the

Previewing Product and OS Update Information
To preview information about new software in the depot, you can use to view the file for each product, including OS update information con-
tained in the SD (SW-DIST product) For example, to display the latest OS update information:

Options
When no options or operands are specified, lists the software bundles (and products which are not part of a bundle) that are installed at
the local host. supports the following options:

List software available from a depot (instead of software installed on
a root filesystem).

Invoke the
interactive user interface. The interactive interface lets you browse SD software objects. Invoking lets you browse
depot software. See the and headings above for additional details.

Operates on an alternate root directory, which must be specified in the
option. (This option is not required for alternate root operations but is maintained for backward compatibility. See the
heading in sd(5) for more information.)

Shorthand for
-l bundle -l product -l subproduct -l fileset.

List all the attributes for an object if no
options are specified. (Vendor-defined attributes are not included. See the option.) The output lists one attribute per
line in the format:

(See sd(4) for details on all SD attributes.)

Display a specific
attribute, such as revision, description, vendor information, size, vendor-defined attributes, or others. (See sd(4) for
details on all SD attributes.) The output lists one attribute per line in the format:

To display multiple attributes, specify multiple options.

To list the full set of attributes for a software object, use the option.

Note that the attribute (that is, the identifier) is always displayed for product, subproduct, and fileset objects. The
attribute (that is, the filename) is always displayed for file objects.

Write full catalog structure information into the directory specified
by the catalog modifier. You can use this exported catalog structure for distributions and to list installed software
catalog information.

If you use the option, the and do not apply. All attributes down to the file level and the control scripts are written to
the catalog.

Save the current options and operands to
session_file. You can enter a relative or absolute path with the file name. The default directory for session files is
You can recall a session file with the option. (Note that session management does not apply to the interactive user
interface invoked by the option.)

Read the list of
software_selections from software_file instead of (or in addition to) the command line.

List all objects down to the specified
level. Both the specified level(s) and the depth of the specified software_selections control the depth of the output.

Specify the software source to list. This is an alternate way to list
a source depot. Sources can also be specified as target depots and listed using the option.

Execute based on the options and operands saved from a previous session, as defined in session_file. You can save session infor-
mation to a file with the option. (Note that session management does not apply to the interactive user interface invoked
by the option.)

Read the list of
target_selections from target_file instead of (or in addition to) the command line.

Set the session
option to value and override the default value (or a value in an alternate option_file specified with the option). Multi-
ple options can be specified.

Read the session options and behaviors from
option_file.

Operands
supports two types of operands: followed by These operands are separated by the "at" character. This syntax implies that the command oper-
ates on "software selections at targets".

Software Selections
supports the following syntax for each software_selection:

o You can specify selections with the following shell wildcard and pattern-matching notations:

o Bundles and subproducts are recursive. Bundles can contain other bundles and subproducts can contain other subproducts.

o The software specification selects all products. Use this specification with caution.

The component has the form:

o location applies only to installed software and refers to software installed to a location other than the default product direc-
tory.

o and apply only to filesets.

o and apply only to bundles and products. They are applied to the leftmost bundle or product in a software specification.

o The <op> (relational operator) component can be of the form:

which performs individual comparisons on dot-separated fields.

For example, chooses all revisions greater than or equal to The system compares each dot-separated field to find matches.

o The (equals) relational operator lets you specify selections with the shell wildcard and pattern-matching notations:

For example, the expression returns any revision in version 10 or version 11.

o All version components are repeatable within a single specification (for example, If multiple components are used, the selection
must match all components.

o Fully qualified software specs include the and version components even if they contain empty strings. For installed software, is
also included.

o No space or tab characters are allowed in a software selection.

o The software can take the place of the version component. It has the form:

[instance_id]

within the context of an exported catalog, where is an integer that distinguishes versions of products and bundles with the same
tag.

Target Selections
supports this syntax for each target_selection.

The colon is required if both a host and directory are specified.

Target Selections with IPv6 Address
The command supports specifying the host as an IPv6 address on HP-UX Release 11i v3, as shown below.

If both the hostname and the path are specified, then the first occurrence of a slash is treated as the separator.

The IPv6 address can optionally be enclosed in a pair of square brackets and

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Default Options
In addition to the standard options, several SD behaviors and policy options can be changed by editing the default values found in:

the system-wide default values.

the user-specific default values.

Values must be specified in the defaults file using this syntax:

The optional prefix denotes one of the SD commands. Using the prefix limits the change in the default value to that command. If you leave
the prefix off, the change applies to all commands.

You can also override default values from the command line with the or options:

The following section lists all of the keywords supported by the commands. If a default value exists, it is listed after the "=".

The policy options that apply to are:

The location for SD logfiles and the default parent directory for the
installed software catalog. The default value is for normal SD operations. When SD operates in nonprivileged mode (that
is, when the default option is set to

o The default value is forced to

o The path element is replaced with the name of the invoking user, which SD reads from the system password file.

o If you set the value of this option to path, SD replaces with the invoking user's home directory (from the system pass-
word file) and resolves path relative to that directory. For example, resolves to the directory in your home direc-
tory.

o If you set the value of the default option to a relative path, that path is resolved relative to the value of this
option.

SD's nonprivileged mode is intended only for managing applications that are specially designed and packaged. This mode
cannot be used to manage the HP-UX operating system or patches to it. For a full explanation of nonprivileged SD, see the
available at the web site.

See also the and options.

Causes a target agent to exit if it has been inactive for the
specified time. This can be used to make target agents more quickly detect lost network connections since RPC can take as
long as 130 minutes to detect a lost connection. The recommended value is the longest period of inactivity expected in
your environment. For command line invocation, a value between 10 minutes and 60 minutes is suitable. A value of 60 min-
utes or more is recommended when the GUI will be used. The default of 10000 is slightly less than 7 days.

Provides the "codeword" needed to unlock protected HP CD-ROM software.

Some HP software products are shipped on CD-ROM as "protected" products. That is, they cannot be installed or copied
unless a "codeword" and "customer ID" are provided. The codeword is found on the CD-ROM certificate which you received
from HP. You may use this default specification on the command line or the SD-UX interactive user interface to enter the
codeword.

This default stores the codeword for future reference; it needs to be entered only once. If a new HP product is purchased
and a previous codeword has already been entered for that CD-ROM, just enter the new codeword as usual and the codewords
will be merged internally.

NOTE: For HP-UX B.10.10 and later systems, SD searches the file on the server that is providing protected software to
other hosts. It looks for valid customer_id/codeword pairs. In doing so, SD eliminates the need to enter codewords and
customer_ids on every host that is "pulling" the software.

To properly store the customer_id/codeword for a CD-ROM, run or on the host serving the CD-ROM. After the codeword has
been stored, clients installing or copying software using that host and CD-ROM as a source will no longer require a code-
word or customer_id.

For cumulative source depots, this option allows consistent software
selections over time by and The default of zero includes all bundles, products, subproducts, and filesets in the source
depot as candidates for selection (and autoselection of dependencies and patches), based on the software selections and
other options. When set to a time (specified as seconds from epoch), only those bundles, products, and filesets (and the
subproducts in the product) with a less than or equal to the specified value are available for selection (or autoselec-
tion). To list the of bundles, products and filesets, use:

This number, also printed on the Software Certificate,
is used to "unlock" protected software and restrict its installation to a specific site or owner. It is entered using the
customer_id= option or by using the interactive user interface. The customer_id can be used on any HP-UX 10.X or later
system.

Defines the default location of the target depot.

Defines the directory path where the Installed Products Database (IPD)
is stored. This information describes installed software. When set to an absolute path, this option defines the location
of the IPD. When this option contains a relative path, the SD controller appends the value to the value specified by the
option to determine the path to the IPD. For alternate roots, this path is resolved relative to the location of the
alternate root. This option does not affect where software is installed, only the IPD location.

This option permits the simultaneous installation and removal of multiple software applications by multiple users or mul-
tiple processes, with each application or group of applications using a different IPD.

Caution: use a specific to manage a specific application. SD does not support multiple descriptions of the same applica-
tion in multiple IPDs.

See also the and options, which control SD's nonprivileged mode. (This mode is intended only for managing applications
that are specially designed and packaged. This mode cannot be used to manage the HP-UX operating system or patches to it.
For a full explanation of nonprivileged SD, see the available at the web site.)

Specifies the POSIX
to which the SD commands conform when writing distributions and output. Supported values are "1.0" (default) and "0.8".

SD object and attribute syntax conforms to the specification of the standard. SD commands still accept the keyword names
associated with the older layout version, but you should use only to create distributions readable by older versions of
SD.

See the description of the option in sd(5) for more information.

Specify the
level of the object to list.

The supported software levels are:
Show all objects down to the bundle level.
Show all objects down to the product level. Also use
to show bundles.
Show all objects down to the subproduct level.
Show all objects down to the fileset level. Also use
to show subproducts.
Show all objects down to the file level.
Show all objects down to the control_file level.
Show all categories of available patches.
Show all applied patches.

The supported depot and root levels are:
Show only the depot level (that is, depots which exist
at the specified target hosts).
List all alternate roots.
List all registered shared roots (HP-UX 10.X only).
List all registered private roots (HP-UX 10.X only).

Controls the time in minutes to cache and re-use the results of hostname
or IP address resolution lookups. A value of 0 disables the facility to cache and re-use lookup results. The maximum
value allowed is 10080 minutes, which is one week.

A value of:
disables the lookup caching mechanism.
is the maximum value allowed.

Defines the attributes which will be listed for each object when no
or options are specified. Each attribute included in the definition is separated by <tab> or <space>. Any attributes may
be included in the definition. If a particular attribute does not exist for an object, that attribute is silently
ignored. For example, the attribute is valid for products, subproducts, and filesets, but the attribute is only valid for
products.

Specifies the attributes displayed for each object listed when the
option is invoked and when no or option is specified. The default display attributes are and

Defines the protocol sequence(s) and endpoint(s) on which the daemon
listens and the other commands contact the daemon. If the connection fails for one protocol sequence, the next is
attempted. SD supports both the tcp and udp protocol sequence on most platforms. See the man page by typing for more
information.

Relative length of the communications timeout. This is a value in the
range from 0 to 9 and is interpreted by the DCE RPC. Higher values mean longer times; you may need a higher value for a
slow or busy network. Lower values will give faster recognition on attempts to contact hosts that are not up or not run-
ning Each value is approximately twice as long as the preceding value. A value of 5 is about 30 seconds for the protocol
sequence. This option may not have any noticeable impact when using the protocol sequence.

This option controls SD's nonprivileged mode. This option is ignored
(treated as true) when the invoking user is super-user.

When set to the default value of true, SD operations are performed normally, with permissions for operations either
granted to a local super-user or set by SD ACLs. (See swacl(1M) for details on ACLs.)

When set to false and the invoking user is local and is not super-user, nonprivileged mode is invoked:

o Permissions for operations are based on the user's file system permissions.

o SD ACLs are ignored.

o Files created by SD have the uid and gid of the invoking user, and the mode of created files is set according to the
invoking user's umask.

See also the and options.

Displays or hides superseded patches in
command line output. In the default state of will not display superseded patches even if you perform a command on the
superseded patch. Setting this option to permits display of superseded patches. This option applies to command line
only. In an interactive session, always shows superseded patches regardless of the value of this option.

If no target_selections are specified, select the default of the local host as the target_selection for the command.

Defines the default
software_selections. There is no supplied default. If there is more than one software selection, they must be separated
by spaces.

Indicates the software view to be used as the default level for
the software listing in the GUI. It can be set to or a bundle category tag (to indicate to show only bundles of that cat-
egory).

Defines the default
target_selections. There is no supplied default (see above). If there is more than one target selection, they must be
separated by spaces.

Controls how attribute values are displayed.
A value of
displays only the attribute value.
displays both the attribute keyword and value.
(See the option above.)

Session File
Each invocation of defines a task session. The command automatically saves options, source information, software selections, and target
selections before the task actually commences. This lets you re-execute the command even if the session ends before the task is complete.
You can also save session information from interactive or command-line sessions.

Session information is saved to the file This file is overwritten by each invocation of the command. The file uses the same syntax as the
defaults files.

From an interactive session, you can save session information into a file at any time by selecting the Save Session or Save Session As
option from the File menu.

From a command-line session, you can save session information by executing the command with the option. You can specify an absolute path
for a session file. If you do not specify a directory, the default location is

To re-execute a saved session from an interactive session, use the Recall Session option from the File menu.

To re-execute a session from a command-line, specify the session file as the argument for the option.

When you re-execute a session file, the values in the session file take precedence over values in the system defaults file. Likewise, any
command-line options and parameters take precedence over the values in the session file.

Environment Variables
The environment variables that affect the command are:

Determines the language in which messages are displayed.
If is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default value of is used. See lang(5) for more information.

NOTE: The language in which the SD agent and daemon log messages are displayed is set by the system configuration vari-
able script, For example,
must be set to or to make the agent and daemon log messages display in Japanese.

Determines the locale to be used to override any values for locale
categories specified by the settings of or any environment variables beginning with

Determines the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as
characters (for example, single versus multibyte characters in values for vendor-defined attributes).

Determines the language in which messages should be written.

Determines the format of dates
(create_date and mod_date) when displayed by Used by all utilities when displaying dates and times in and

Determines the time zone for use when displaying dates and times.

Signals
The command catches the signals SIGQUIT and SIGINT. If these signals are received, prints a message, sends a Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
to the agents to wrap up, and then exits.

Each agent will complete the list task (if the execution phase has already started) before it wraps up.

OPERATION
The output from follows this rule with all options: only the lowest level listed (product, subproduct, fileset or file) will be uncom-
mented. Among other things, this allows the output from to be used as input to other commands. The one exception is the list that con-
tains files; file-level output is not accepted by other commands.

The types of listings that can be selected are given below. Some of these listings are not exclusive choices, but rather ways to view the
objects while controlling the amount of output.

o Default Listing
o Software Listing
o Root Listing
o Depot Listing
o Multiple Targets Listing
o Verbose Listing

Default Listing
If is invoked with no software_selections and no target_selections, a listing of all installed products on the local host is produced.
This listing contains one line for each product. The line includes the product tag attributes and all other attributes selected via the
option.

If target_selections (that is, target hosts) are specified, this same format listing is produced for the installed software at each of the
specified hosts.

Software Listing
A listing of software objects is controlled by the specified software_selections, and also by the option lists the contents of each soft-
ware object specified in the software_selections. For example, if you specify product selections, the subproducts and/or filesets con-
tained immediately below each product will be listed. If you specify fileset selections, the files contained in each fileset will be
listed.

The depth of objects listed is controlled with the option. This option can expand or restrict the depth in concert with the specified
software selections. By default, the contents of a specified software selection are always listed (as described above). The option can
defeat this listing by specifying a level equivalent to the level of objects in the software_selections. For example, if you want to list
specific product selections but not their contents, use If you want to list specific fileset selections but not their contained files, use
The software_selection options only apply if the level is bundle, product, subproduct, fileset, file, or patch.

Depot Listing
Another class of objects that can display are software depots. For example, the user can list all registered depots on a given host. A
combination of the option and target_selections operands can produce a variety of depot listings.

Multiple Targets Listing
Multiple target_selections (that is, root filesystems, alternate roots, or depots) are listed sequentially: list all the requested objects
and attributes from the first target_selection, followed by the second target_selection, etc.

Verbose Listing
The option causes a verbose listing to be generated. A verbose listing includes all attributes defined for an object. The command prints
the keyword and value for each attribute. The attributes are listed one per line. The user can post-process (filter) the output with
and/or to get the fields of interest.

The depot's attributes are displayed if is called with the and options, and a specific depot target_selection.

Attributes for a particular software level are displayed based on the depth of the specified software_selections. For example, swlist -v
product1.fileset1 will give all fileset attributes for fileset1. If the option is used with the the different listing are:

o To display attributes for all products, use

o To display attributes for all products and subproducts, use

o To display attributes for all products and filesets, use

o To display attributes for all products, filesets, and files, use

RETURN VALUE
The command returns:

The software_selections and/or target_selections were successfully listed.
The list operation failed on
all target_selections.
The list operation failed on
some target_selections.

DIAGNOSTICS
The command writes to stdout, stderr, and to the agent logfile.

Standard Output
All listings are printed to stdout.

Standard Error
The command writes messages for all WARNING and ERROR conditions to stderr.

Logging
The command does not log summary events. It logs events about each read task to the logfile associated with each target_selection.

You can use the interactive interface to view the file.

swagentd Disabled
If the daemon has been disabled on the host, it can be enabled by the host's system administrator by setting the entry in to and executing

EXAMPLES
Run the interactive interface:

Use interactive to view a depot:

List all of the products installed on the local host:

Generate a comprehensive listing that includes all filesets for the product NETWORKING:

List all the attributes for the ARPA-RUN fileset:

List the C product installed on several remote hosts:

List the FRAME product relocated to directory on host1:

List all the versions of the FRAME product installed on the toolserver host:

List the contents of the local tape,

or, alternatively:

List the tag and revision attributes for all products on the local tape

or, alternatively:

Display the README file for the FRAME product:

List the products stored in a remote depot:

List all depots on a host:

List the categories defined in the depot mounted at

Output:

List a particular attribute of a category object identified by the tag

List all the installed patches and their current state.

Use the option and level to display the values of a fileset's applied_patches attribute.

Output:

Another example showing just the patch:

Output:

FILES
Contains the user-specific default values for some or all SD options.

Contains session files automatically saved by the SD commands, or
explicitly saved by the user.

Contains the master list of current SD options (with their default values).

The directory which contains all of the configurable (and
non-configurable) data for SD. This directory is also the default location of logfiles.

Contains the active system-wide default values for some or all SD options.

The file which stores the list of depots registered at the local host.

The Installed Products Database (IPD), a catalog of all products
installed on a system.

The default location of a source and target software depot.

AUTHOR
was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company and Mark H. Colburn (see pax(1)).

SEE ALSO
install-sd(1M), swacl(1M), swagentd(1M), swask(1M), swconfig(1M), swcopy(1M), swinstall(1M), swjob(1M), swmodify(1M), swpackage(1M),
swreg(1M), swremove(1M), swverify(1M), sd(4), swpackage(4), sd(5).

available at

SD customer web site at

swlist(1M)

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