UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Is there a way to script so you can check patches and output to a file? Example: 50 unix systems (versions 2.51, 2.60, 2.8) and check to see if one particular patch is installed? (ex. 106160-02)
I know the showrev -p will work, but I would like to automate it.

Hope Christmas was good!

Thanks

Krusty

Sure - just put in a script what you would do manually
showrev -p |grep 106000-01 > /tmp/patchfile
or
showrev -p > /tmp/patchfile
and then do this via cron once a week, month, whatever. Mail the file to yourself or store all 50 systems patch info on one system where you can then compare all the patches on all the systems from one place.

Check out Patchcheck or Patchdiag (if it's still there) on Sunsolve. These may also help quite a bit.

Thanks for replying!

After reading some manuals, (OMG!) I wrote a script which called system names from a file list and utilized the showrev -p |grep XXXX command and output to /tmp.

I like your way of doing it through mail and do appreciate your help!

Cheers!

Krusty.