NAME
cleanup — HP-UX patch cleanup utility
SYNOPSIS
cleanup
[-n|-p]
-c number
cleanup
[-n|-p]
-d depot
[-o
{10|11}]
[-e
{true|false}]
cleanup
[-n|-p]
-i
cleanup
[-n|-p]
-s
DESCRIPTION
The
cleanup
command provides functions useful when dealing with HP-UX patches on
HP-UX.
The
cleanup
command logs all information to
/var/adm/cleanup.log.
Options
cleanup
recognizes the following options:
- -p
Preview the
cleanup
task but do not actually perform the requested action.
- -n
Notify the user of
cleanup
tasks and request confirmation before performing the requested action.
- -c number
Commit patches superseded at least
number
times.
This option is a front-end
to the
patch_commit
option of
swmodify
(see
swmodify(1M))
that provides an easier interface
to commit multiple patches at once.
- -d
Remove patches in the specified software depot that have been superseded by
patches also available from the depot.
- -o {10|11}
Specifies whether the software depot contains patches for HP-UX 10.X or 11.X
releases. This option is only valid with the
-d
option.
If the
-o
option is not specified, it defaults to HP-UX 11.X patches.
- -e {true|false}
Specifies whether patches in the software depot that contain a corequisite or
prerequisite attribute specifying one of the superseded patches as a
dependency should also be removed.
This option is valid only with the
-d
option.
If the
-e
option is not specified, it defaults to true.
- -i
Remove HP-UX 10.X patches that remain in the Installed Product Database
after an upgrade to HP-UX 11.X.
These patches are removed from the IPD so
that they are no longer displayed in the output of the
swlist
command (see
swlist(1M)).
The HP-UX 10.X patch files are also removed from
/var/adm/sw/patch.
- -s
Correct the
patch_state
attribute for HP-UX 11.X patches.
Recommendations
The
cleanup -i
command should be executed after updating to HP-UX 11.X from HP-UX 10.20.
It is not necessary to execute
cleanup -i
after updating from one version of HP-UX 11.X software to another because
SD-UX will properly remove 11.X patch information from the IPD in these
situations.
The
cleanup -d
command should be executed whenever patches are added to a software depot.
It is not a requirement that superseded 11.X patches be removed from a software
depot, but it is a recommendation to conserve disk space and to avoid confusion.
If superseded patches exist in the same depot as patches that supersede
them, SD-UX on HP-UX 11.X will handle the situation properly.
The
cleanup -c
command can be executed to commit all patches that have been superseded
at least the specified number of times.
The only benefit from committing patches is that
disk space will be recovered in the
/var/adm/sw/savedirectory.
The
cleanup -s
command can be executed to insure that the
patch_state
attribute of all
patch filesets is set correctly.
There are several known situations where the
patch_state
attribute will be set incorrectly.
This command can be run at any time, but will be most useful
after a system has been installed using Ignite-UX.
WARNING
Extreme care should be used when committing patches.
Once a patch has been committed, it cannot be removed from the system.
Patches should only be committed when you are satisfied with their
behavior.
Recovering disk space should not be the only factor considered
when committing patches.
AUTHOR
cleanup
was developed by HP.
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