PING : THE SOFTWARE DEPOT COOKBOOK : COPYING SOMETHING INTO THE SOFTWARE DEPOT

There are basically two ways: Copy existing products or filesets with swcopy, or package up new products with swpackage. Copying is simple and was explained in Method B. The basic form of the swcopy command is:

    # swcopy -s SOURCE_DEPOT  SELECTION  @  DESTINATION_DEPOT
    

• The SOURCE_DEPOT could be a depot file, directory, tape device or mounted CD-ROM. It has to be a fully-rooted path; this is, start with a "/".
• "SELECTION" is the name of the software selection (the product or fileset) to copy. To copy them all, use "\*" as the selection.
• The DESTINATION_DEPOT also has to be fully-rooted.

How do you know what the software selection's name is? For patches, it's usually the name of the path. Use the swlist command to find out, like so:

    % swlist -s DEPOT
    

Packaging Software Products