Software Distribution System API?

[Lev Assinovsky]

Hi!
I need to get info about installed software
right from C-program.
Does anybody knows if such an API exist?
OS: HPUX 11.00

Sincerely,

[Mark Greene_1]

Check out man 4 sd and man 5 sd. There's also a developer's kit that may contiain more info.

mark

[Lev Assinovsky]

Mark!
Thanks for your responce!
But I need something different.
I would like to have a function similar
to swlist command: void swlist(const char * product_name, const char * attribute, char * response);
Of course my example is too simple, the real function might be more complicated.
Shortly speaking I need a library with the functions described above.
Does such a library exist for HP-UX 11.xx?

[Mark Greene_1]

Lev,

I don't know if HP has released the info you are wanting. You can look around here:

http://software.hp.com/SD_AT_HP/

for more information about Software Distributor. You can also checkout the man page for swpackage, there more file and directory information to be had there. You can always call the individual command-line executables from your C program. Not very efficient I know, but doable.

mark

[Bruno Ganino]

This is all the software available
http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/auto/summary_all.html
HTH
Bruno

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Lev,

In 11i SD libs are in

/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults
/usr/lib/sw/mx
/usr/lib/sw/ui
/usr/lib/sw/ui/C

I don't think it changed much from 11.0

HTH,
Jeff

[Lev Assinovsky]

Seems, I have to execute external command (swlist) from my C-program.
Thank you for your care.

[Lev Assinovsky]

Jaff, I have just a /usr/lib/sw/ui which is
UIMX related staff I believe.