How to delete and add a file in the depot using swmodify

[shashikala K.H]

Hi ,

I want to delete and add a file into the product depot , without changing its cksums , can this be achieved using swmodify?. What options should I specify to achieve this.

Thanks,

[Dennis Handly]

I'm confused, if you delete and add a file with the same checksum, nothing changed except for possibly the date, ownership and permissions??

While you can use swmodify to update the IPD info, it doesn't actually change the files there. See your other thread:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1043287

This seems to be the case from swmodify(1m):
Common uses of swmodify include:
+ adding file definitions to the existing list of file
+ changing the values of existing attributes.
+ defining new objects. Example: to "import" the definition of

[Torsten.]

Think about checksums and you will see the conflict ...

If you want to add files to a depot use swcopy.
For delete use swremove (the source must be the depot).

[whiteknight]

shashikala,

you can add using swmodify. but delete you need to use swremove the depot and swinstall again.

WK

[Dennis Handly]

>WK: you can add using swmodify.

swmodify will only add descriptions, not the file itself. You would either have to use swpackage to redo it, or to cheat and look under the covers and manually add it inside the depot. (The directories are created for you though. :-)

[whiteknight]

Dennis,

thanks.

WK

[shashikala]

Thank you for all , I got the solution.

[whiteknight]

shashikala,

Good to hear. please assign points to close this thread.

Thank You

WK