Re: What command is smit running?

I don't want to belabour the point, but I believe that "smit -v" gives all
the information on the listing commands used by F4. It certainly did when I
checked it the other day. Output goes to smit.log, not smit.script by
default. (smit.script only gets the "command to execute", i.e. mkvg in this
case.)

Yes: there's loads of stuff in the ODM and I've used it for setting up
menus, but it's a lot of hassle and way more than is needed for this simple
requirement.


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Folks,

Maybe for more in-depth F4 listings, there is more info, but I don't think
so.

As a test I ran smit install > Install and Update Software > Install
Software

I proceeded to use F4 to pick the cdrom from the list of "INPUT devices /
directory for software"
And I followed that up with another F4 to get a list of "SOFTWARE to
install".
At that point I picked a few filesets, returned to the "Install Software"
page and had it "PREVIEW only". After that I got out of smit and examined
both the /smit.log and the /smit.script files. As I expected, the data is
very rich and I have used it many times, but there is no info on how it
generated the two lists. It just jumps to show the command with the choices
I made from the F4.

So, just like the F6, there seems to be some limit.


In the early-1990's I actually created extra smit panels for my own
applications. (This was before there were good/any graphical programs or
GUI panels.) If you looked at my code, you could find what I called when
the F4 key was hit. It was usually a shell script or C program I had to
write. I don't suppose the source for this smit panel is available?

Well,that was my $0.02

Christopher M. Baker
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
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smit.script and smit.log are the best files to see this information.
Thanks.

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I think that if you run smit with the "-v" flag you should see the
information you want in the smit.log file. Use "-x" as well if you just
want the commands logged without actually creating a new VG.

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F6 is not a valid option in the F4 selection window.

pobrien@xxxxxxxxxxx 2/21/06 3:07:36 PM >>>
When in that screen, press F6.



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Subject: What command is smit running?

When I do the following:
smit lvm
Volume Groups -> Add a Volume Group with Data Path Devices
and I press F4 over the "PHYSICAL VOLUME names" option to get a list
of
available vpaths

What command does smit run at that point to generate the list of
vpaths
that are available?

thanks,
-shawn



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