Software Identification (SWID) User's Guide
Running SWID With Customized Switches
Software Identification (SWID) User’s Guide—527243-004
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-FA Switch
-FA Switch
 In this example, SWID is invoked with the -FA switch.
When you use the -FA switch, the body of the file fingerprint consists of the file name, 
the current fingerprint, and the original fingerprint on three separate lines as shown in 
the example.
Considerations
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The SWID banner and run statistics (if the -DS switch is used) have the same 
output format as if the -FA switch was selected.
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When you use the -DV switch, the SWID output format matches the previous 
example.
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If the original fingerprint is not available for a file (particularly during the migration 
period), SWID outputs ** n/a ** in place of the original fingerprint as shown 
previously. This format is in contrast to *n/a* (single enclosing asterisk and no 
spaces) when neither the -FA or -DV switch is used.
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If a file I/O error occurs in computing or extracting fingerprints, SWID writes the 
error message in place of the fingerprint. The error message is enclosed in 
msouble asterisks (** ) for ease of reading. For a listing of the possible error 
messages, see Appendix A, Error Messages.
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If two fingerprints have been computed and do not match, SWID outputs 
** mismatch ** after the original fingerprint as shown previously.
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When you use the -FA switch, the fingerprint is displayed without hyphens.
\FOXII $ATHENS ANIL7 102> aj40aaj.swid -fa *
\FOXII $ATHENS ANIL7 102..
SoftWare Identification Utility - T9298AAJ - (30OCT2003) System \FOXII
(C)1991 Tandem (C)2003 Hewlett Packard Development Company, L.P.
16Oct 3 06:31:29 (Switches: -FA )
$ATHENS.ANIL7.SWID
  Current fpts: e93b5763b8937c7b
  Original fpts: ** n/a **
$ATHENS.ANIL7.SWIDA
  Current fpts: 1d9ddc6eef508d59
  Original fpts: 1d9ddc6eef508d59
$ATHENS.ANIL7.T9298AAJ
  Current fpts: ** I-O error; Guardian or User Defined Error 48 **
  Original fpts: ** n/a **
$ATHENS.ANIL7.TOUT1
  Current fpts: acc1ac6b1202497b
  Original fpts: 14b13b76d23c6f44 ** mismatch **
\FOXII $ATHENS ANIL7 103>










