VERSIONS(1) VERSIONS(1)
NAME
versions - software versions tool
SYNOPSIS
versions [ options ] [ operator ] [ selectors ]
DESCRIPTION
versions, with no command line options, shows the names of
installed products, images, and subsystems, and the image
version numbers and installation date and time. The
operators are used to perform operations on the installed
files. In this case, the options and selectors are used to
restrict the operations to specific products, images,
subsystems, and/or types of files.
The options are as follows:
-m Operate only on modified files; i.e. those that have
been altered in some way since they were installed.
-u Operate only on unmodified files; i.e. those that
are still as originally installed.
-c Operate only on configuration files, as defined in
the software product. (Configuration files are
editable text files that may be altered with site or
machine-specific configuration information.)
-s Operate only on system (i.e. non-configuration)
files.
-v Operate verbosely: display file names if they would
otherwise not be, as during a remove.
-r root Use an alternate root directory. The default is /
when running under the standard system, and /root
when running in the miniroot (as during software
installation procedures).
The operators are as follows:
list List the selected file names.
long List the selected file names with additional
information, such as mode, owner, group, and so on.
remove Remove the selected files from the disk.
config Show configuration file status. This includes the
existence of old and new versions saved with .O and
.N suffixes, and an indication of whether the
various files have been modified since they were
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installed. This information is useful in
reconfiguring a system after a new version of
software has been installed.
The selectors are product, image, and/or subsystem names or
shell-style patterns. These are used to select specific
components of software products. Software products are
defined in a three-level hierarchy, the first of which is
the product itself. Each product is made of one or more
images. Each image is made of subsystems, which are
logically-related collections of the individual files of the
product. The subsystem is the generally lowest level at
which software installation and removal decisions can be
made.
Each product, image and subsystem has a short name by which
it is known internally, and a longer description giving an
indication of its contents. These names are concatenated
with dots to select specific components. For example,
``foo.bar.main'' is the ``main'' subsystem of the ``bar''
image of the ``foo'' software product.
Shell-style patterns may be used to select groups of
subsystems; the most common pattern will be of the form
``foo.bar.*'' to select all subsystems of the named image,
or ``foo.*.*'' to select all subsystems of all images of the
named product.
AUTHOR
Donl Mathis
FILES
/usr/lib/inst/versions Record of installed software
ORIGIN
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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