Open System Services Management and Operations Guide (G06.30+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

6 Managing OSS Files
To manage files in the OSS file system, you need to:
• Obtain specific information about their size, location, and fileset membership, as described
in “Obtaining Information About OSS Files”.
• Install new or updated product files, as described in “Installing New Product Files” (page 177).
• Remove obsolete files, as described in “Removing Obsolete OSS Files and Directories”
(page 181) and “Erasing and Removing OSS Files” (page 195).
• Update OSS database files that are not maintained through SCF commands, such as the
whatis database files used by the man command. This action is described in “Updating the
whatis Database Files” (page 182).
• Back up and restore the OSS environment and user files, as described in “Backing Up and
Restoring OSS Files” (page 183).
• Redirect data when Guardian files or processes need to be used instead of a Telserv terminal
session. This action is described in “Redirecting OSS Standard Files” (page 195).
• Control the number of files allowed in a fileset by controlling the maximum number of inodes
allowed in the catalog for the fileset. This action is described in “Controlling the Maximum
Number of Files” (page 197).
“Managing With the Shell” (page 235), describes other file-oriented management tasks, beginning
under the topic of “Overuse of Resources” (page 241).
Obtaining Information About OSS Files
In the OSS environment, you use the OSS shell ls command and its optional flags to obtain size,
access, and other information about OSS files. In the Guardian environment, you can use the TACL
FILEINFO command or the File Utility Program (FUP) INFO command for the same purpose.
The FILEINFO command provides only information that is appropriate for a file in the Guardian
environment; however, the FUP INFO command can provide information that is appropriate for
the file in the OSS environment. See “Using FUP INFO on OSS Regular Files” (page 176) for more
information.
Sometimes you need to determine the Guardian filename used for an OSS file. For example,
portions of the Guardian filename can provide you with information useful when you perform the
procedures in “Managing Filesets” (page 140). See “Interpreting Guardian Filenames for OSS Files”
(page 175) for more information.
The OSS shell gname and pname utilities allow you to provide a Guardian filename and obtain
the OSS pathname for a specific file and vice versa. See the following subsections for more
information:
• “Using the OSS gname Command” (page 175)
• “Using the OSS pname Command” (page 175)
You can also use the Guardian VPROC utility or the OSS shell vproc command to determine the
product-version information for an OSS file supplied by HP. The procedure to use either VPROC
or vproc is described under “Gathering Version Information About OSS Files” (page 249).
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