avoid starting sam using swcopy tocreate a depot from many patches

[ancel]

my problem when i use swcopy -s ... is that for every patch i have in my patches directory sam starts...so..if i have 100 patches..i have to manage windows for every execution of muy script with swinstall...and i would like to know if there is a way not to start sam...it is...process swinstall automatically in command prompt in order not to manage any windows?????? ... thanks in advance for your answer

[Francois Bariselle_3]

Hi,

You can install all patch in one procedure. Try this:

1) Unshare all patch using:

for i in PH*
do
sh $i
done

2) Combine the separate depots into one depot:

mkdir /tmp/patches

for i in PH*.depot
do
swcopy -s ${PWD}/$i \* @ /tmp/patches
done

4) Verify the contents of the depots:

swlist -d @ /tmp/patches

5) Install patch with swinstall, interactive method.

Good Luck

Frank.

[Trond Haugen]

I don't know what swcopy command you use in your script but this one works fine for me:
# swcopy -d -xlayout_version=1.0 -s `pwd`/PATCHES.depot \* @ /depot

That is I have never seen any SAM nor interactive swcopy when using it.
If this don't help lease mention what you commandline is.

Regards,
Trond

[HPINVENT]

Hi Trond..

Is there a space between the x and the layout_version

And the /patches at the end, is that a directory where the current unsharred patches are located ?

Thx

[Trond Haugen]

Hi Saty,

yes to both. The command should/could read:
swcopy -d -x layout_version=1.0 -s `pwd`/PATCHES.depot \* @ /var/adm/sw/mydepot

Regards,
Trond

[Mark Greene_1]

have your tried unsetting the DISPLAY environment variable before doing the swcopy?

mark