NAME
show_patches — HP-UX patch display utility
SYNOPSIS
show_patches
[-a]
[-s]
[-i]
[-o]
[-t]
[-d
target]
[-l
{product|fileset}]
DESCRIPTION
The
show_patches
utility displays active and superseded patches in a formatted output, which
may be easier to interpret than the output of the
swlist
command (see
swlist(1M)).
When listing the patches installed on a system,
show_patches
uses the SD patch attributes
patch_state
and
superseded_by
to determine which patches are active and which are superseded.
Patches may require manual operations prior to or after installation.
The
show_patches
utility may be directed at the source depot to list "Special Installation
Instructions" and "Other Dependencies" documented within the contained patches.
Options
If no options are specified,
show_patches
displays at the
sd(4)
product level the active patches on the local system.
The
show_patches
utility recognizes the following options:
- -a
Display the active patches on the system.
Active patches are those which have
been installed but not superseded by newer patches on the target.
- -s
Display the superseded patches on the system.
Superseded patches are those that
have been superseded by newer patches installed on the target.
- -d target
Specify a target system or depot to analyze.
Defaults to local system.
- -i
Display any "Special Installation Instructions" associated with any listed
patch.
The "Special Installation Instructions" document manual operations
that may be required for successful installation.
- -o
Display any "Other Dependencies" associated with any listed patch.
These are optional or complex dependencies that may require manual processing.
- -t
Do not list a patch unless it is displaying "Special Installation Instructions"
or "Other Dependencies."
- -l level
Display the patch information at the SD
product
or
fileset
level.
Note: This option is ignored if the
-i
or
-o
options are selected.
Note
When the target is a depot, the
patch_state
and
superseded_by
attributes are not defined and all relationships are determined by
the value of the
supersedes
attribute.
AUTHOR
show_patches
was developed by HP.
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