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updmerge(8)
NAME
  updmerge - DO NOT USE THE updmerge UTILITY!

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/bin/updmerge [-r] directory

  /usr/bin/updmerge directory

  /usr/bin/updmerge file directory

OPTIONS
  -r  Performs a recursive reinstallation of all the files and subdirectories
      in the /var/adm/install/update area relative to the specified
      directory.

OPERANDS
  directory
      Specifies the directory from which the reinstallation is relative,
      typically the root (/) directory.

  file
      Specifies the name of a file in the update area, or specifies the
      relative pathname of that file from the update area.

DESCRIPTION
				    Caution

       DO NOT USE THE updmerge UTILITY!

  The updmerge utility lets you merge files that have been preserved from a
  previous installation into a new installation environment. Any user file or
  customized file from a previous installation that you do not want replaced
  or overwritten can be saved and reintegrated into a new installation
  environment.

  You must have superuser privileges to invoke the updmerge utility, and the
  system must be in single-user mode. The updmerge utility must be invoked
  from the /var/adm/install/update directory, which is created by the updmv
  utility and contains entries for the files that have been preserved from
  the previous installation.

    ·  Use the -r option followed by the directory operand to perform a
       recursive installation of all preserved subdirectories under the
       /var/adm/install/update area relative to a specific directory.

    ·  Use the directory operand only to install only those preserved files
       directly under the /var/adm/install/update directory. This causes a
       non-recursive merge of the files in the specified directory. If you
       use the directory operand only, subdirectories in
       /var/adm/install/update are not merged into the new installation
       environment.

    ·  Use the file operand followed by the directory operand to install a
       single preserved file.  This file can be the name of the file in the
       /var/adm/install/update directory, or it can contain the relative
       pathname of that file from the /var/adm/install/update directory.

       If the file operand is a directory name instead of a file name, the
       updmerge utility reinstalls all files in that directory, but none in
       its subdirectories.

  To integrate files from the previous installation into the new installation
  environment, the updmerge utility compares each preserved file to the newly
  installed files with the following rules:

    ·  If the preserved file does not exist on the system, you can view the
       preserved file before determining whether or not to install it.

    ·  If the preserved file does exist on the system, you can view the
       differences between the preserved file and the newly installed file
       before selecting the file you want installed on the system.

    ·  If a preserved file is identical to a newly installed file, a message
       is issued and the next file is checked.

EXAMPLES
  Recursively install all preserved subdirectories and files under
  /var/adm/install/update relative to the root (/) directory:

       updmerge -r /

  Install the preserved /etc/hosts file relative to the root (/) directory:

       updmerge etc/hosts /

  Install the preserved files in the etc directory relative to the root (/)
  directory (in this case, /etc):

       updmerge etc /

RESTRICTIONS
				    Caution

       DO NOT USE THE updmerge UTILITY!

  You must have superuser privileges to invoke the updmerge utility.

  The system must be in single-user mode before you invoke the updmerge
  utility.

  The updmerge utility must be invoked from the /var/adm/install/update
  directory.

FILES
  /var/adm/install/update/*
      Storage area created by the updmv utility.

SEE ALSO
  Commands:
      genufi(8), invsync(8), updmv(8), udetect(8), usync(8)

  Files:
      stl_inv(4)

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