The Major Modes: Report, Get, Step, and Clean |
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The major modes report and get are comprised of steps, outlined
below. The step mode allows you to execute one
of these steps. The clean mode frees up disk space
by removing caches of files from
previous SWA sessions.
The swa report command is comprised of the
following steps, and executes them in the order listed.
Inventory – The swa report command first does an inventory of the installed software. The inventory is
written to $HOME/.swa/cache/swa_inventory_n.xml.
Catalog – Then, swa report downloads an HP-supplied catalog file from the
ITRC website that contains known security issues and other defects
along with their solutions. The catalog file is saved to $HOME/.swa/cache/swa_catalog.xml.
Analyze – The inventory
file is then compared with the catalog file to see what issues need
to be resolved on the system, and the resulting analysis file is written
to $HOME/.swa/cache/swa_analysis.xml.
Report – A summary of
recommended actions are written to standard output and comprehensive
results are written to $HOME/.swa/report/swa_report.html.
The swa get command is comprised of the steps download and depot, and executes them
in the order listed. Prerequisites to the swa get command are the steps inventory, catalog, and analyze.
Download – The swa get command uses the results file generated by the
analysis step of swa report to download the necessary
software from HP. Write access to the swcache directory is required for this step.
Depot – The downloaded
software is then packaged in a depot. Superuser privileges are required
for this step.
The swa report and swa get commands are made up of steps. The swa report command is comprised of the steps inventory, catalog, analyze, and report. The swa get command is comprised of the steps download and depot.
With the swa step command, you can execute
one discrete step of the swa report or swa get command, such as: swa step inventory.
# swa step {inventory | catalog | analyze | report | download | depot} |
When the swa command runs, it produces cache
files for its use. Run swa clean to free up disk
space after your swa session is complete.
The swa clean command has modifiers that
specify the caches to clean. The modifiers are: usercache, swcache, and all. The usercache holds the files created by swa report, and the swcache holds the files downloaded
by swa get or swa step download.
# swa clean {usercache | swcache | all} |
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