[help]how to get the depot file from a depot server[help]

[zhangr_2]

Hi,I have a problem recently.there is a software depot on a remote-server,but I do not have the access right to the remote server via telnet/ftp/ssh.but I can use "swinstall -s remote-server" to browse the patch list,or install the patch.
how can I got the remote depot to local?because I want setup up depot server also in local. and also use the same depot as the remote-server. thanks in advance. 8-)

[Bruno Vidal · Accepted solution]

Hi,
The easy way is to use swcopy -i
It will aunch an interactive session, where you can choose the depot server, and the destination depot
(by default it is /var/spool/sw).

Cheers.

[K.Vijayaragavan.]

swcopy -x enforce_dependencies=true -s :/path/*.depot @ destination folder

[Zeev Schultz]

Swcopy -i -s.
However remote swcopy uses rcp.So the same access rights applied to rcp are used on swcopy.
More see in man swcopy or here:
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.sys.hp.hpux/2003-05/0005.html

[twang]

You can copy the patch depots to a local hard disk using the swcopy command. For example,
# swcopy -s :/cdrom/QPK1100 \* @ /localdepot
This copies the contents of the QPK1100 bundle and depot to the local system under the /localdepot.

[zhangr_2]

thanks all of you!
8-)