[HPADM] SUMMARY: Getting information about a software depot

[Pablo Saludes Rodil]

Thanks to Bill Hassell and Eef Hartman . These are their answers (ny
original mail is embedded in the first answer):

Bill Hussell's mail
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> I have a software depot on a tape, and I would like to get information
about
> it.
> First of all, I would like to know the exact size of the depot. Which is
the
> command to know it?

Software depots are actually tar files. Just use tar -tvf to read the
contents.

> Is there a way to see the files inside the depot without making a
swinstall?

Same command.

NOTE: A true software depot is an uncompressed tar file. However, patches
(for instance) are bundled into a compressed file with a text file to
document the patches.

Eef Hartman's mail
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The size of the depot is just the size of the file. The size "after install"
is not trivial, as it depends on what are replacements and what are
additions.
And a depot file is basically a tar file so you can list and/or extract
files
FROM it using plain tar. The pathnames are a bit strange as product and
fileset names are PREpended to the actual filename.

Regards,

Pablo.

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