Patching, another question

[Ali Imran Abbas]

How can I check on any hp-ux server when it was patched last time?

[Tim Nelson · Accepted solution]

swlist -l product -a install_date

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

swlist -l product -a install_date | sort -rn

That should get you the dates sorted. Some further modification may be required.

Bye.

SEP

[Ali Imran Abbas]

What if we put patch in place of product like

swlist -l patch -a install_date | sort -rn

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

# swlist -l product -a install_date|sort -krn2,2

...will show the installion dates of software in descending order (most recent first)

Regards!

...JRF...

[Bob E Campbell]

The swlist command is best to look at when a specific item was updated. For history of generic changes you would do best to review the logs. Start with the file /var/adm/sw/swinstall.log and if details are needed switch to /var/adm/sw/swagent.log.

A related swagent.log file also will exist at the root of any network depot and can identify who is using it.