Just wonder if there is a way to find out whether a package has been
removed from a system. Suppose the "pkgrm" entry in
/var/sadm/install/contents file also be removed. Anyway to find out?

I don't think that there is an alternative to see the removed packages
even if /var/samd/install/contents file is not removed, as this file
stores the information related to what packages are being added to the
system.

To my view there is no database maintained by Solaris to have check on
removed packages. Correct me if I am wrong...!!

vinsidus@gmail.com wrote:
> I don't think that there is an alternative to see the removed packages
> even if /var/samd/install/contents file is not removed, as this file
> stores the information related to what packages are being added to the
> system.
>
> To my view there is no database maintained by Solaris to have check on
> removed packages. Correct me if I am wrong...!!


Thanks for reply.
Actually my concerns is the one of the packages was removed from the
system. So is there a way to find out whether this package was removed
or it didn't installed at all?

whatz the name of the package? Has your file /var/sadm/install/contents
doesn't have that info about whether the package was ever installed??

COMMONLY USED UNIX COMMANDS
wildcard characters
*	The * wildcard character substitutes for one or more characters in a
filename. For instance, to list all the files in your directory that
end with .c, enter the command
ls *.c
?	? (question mark) serves as  wildcard character for any one character
in a filename. For instance, if you have files named prog1, prog2,
prog3, and prog3  in your directory, the Unix command:

ls prog?
dir
Change	cd dir      Change to directory d
Make	mkdir dir        Create new directory d
Move	mv dir1 dir2 Rename directory d1 as d2
Remove	rmdir dir Remove directory d
file
list , no details only names	ls   filename , filename with wildcard
character/s.
list , details	ls -1   filename , filename with wildcard character/s.

move  to directory	mv filename    dirname     (wildcard character/s
supported)
copy file to other/current  directory 	cp file  directory/newfile    or
cp directory/oldfile  .
Delete the file 	rm  file  ,  rm -rf  directory  - Recursively remove
files & directly without any warning.
file	file  filename  , file command tries to determine the file type ,
text , executable etc after comparing the values in /etc/magic .
File edit/create/view
vi  - vi  full screen editor  	vi  filename   , Opens a existing file
or creates
ed - Line Text editor	ed  filename
count - Line, word, & char 	wc  filename
Text content display - List contents of file at once	cat  filename
Text content display by screen :  List contents of file  screen by
screen  	more  filename
Concatenate -  file1 & file2 into file3	cat file1 file2 >file3
File operation
Change read/write/execute mode of fil	chmod mode file
chown 	chown [-R] [-h] owner[:group] file
move (rename )  file	mv file1  file2     Rename file file1 as file2
Remove	rm file  Delete (remove) file f
Compare two files	cmp file1 file2
Copy file file1 into file2	cp file1 file2
Sort Alphabetically 	sort file
Sort Numerically 	sort -n file
Split f into n-line pieces	split  [-n]  f
match pattern	grep pattern file     Outputs lines that
Lists file differences	diff file1 file2
head f Output beginning of file	head  file
Output end of file 	tail file
PROCESS
Suspend current process	CTRL/z *
Interrupt processes	CTRL/c *
Stop screen scrolling	CTRL/s *
Resume screen scrolling	CTRL/q *
Sleep for n seconds	sleep n
Print list of jobs	jobs
Kill job n	kill %
Remove process n	kill  -9 n
status process status stats	ps
Resume background job n	bg  [%n]
Resume foreground job n	fg  [%n]
Exit from shell	exit
User admin
 add a new user login to the system	# useradd -u 655 -g 20 -d
/home/ttes testlogin  loginname
-u is userid , if not specified system takes highest available .
-g group id should be existing in /etc/group , if not specified other
or user is assigned.
-d home directory , default is to use user as the directory name under
the home directory.
loginname - new login name to be created .
#useradd testlogin    will create a user by the name 'testlogin' with
all default values .
password Change 	passwd  <user>
alias (csh/tcsh) - Create command 	alias name1 name2
alias (ksh/bash) - Create alias command 	alias name1="name2"
alias - Remove alias   	unalias name1[na2...]
printer
 Output file f to line printer	lp -d printer file

System  Status
Display disk quota	quota
Print date & time	date
List logged in users	who
Display current user	whoami
Output user information	finger  [username]
Display recent commands	history
Environment Variable
set	set command alone displays the environment variables, it is used to
set options in ksh   like set -o vi
export 	 export variable ,  export  makes variable visible in sub
shells.
Set environment  variable  (csh/tcsh)  to value v	sentenv name v
Set environment  variable  (ksh/bash)  to value v	export name=v
example :  export TERM=vt100
Connectivity
Connecting to a  remote host 	$telnet hostname/ip address      or
$telnet
Telnet brings up the login prompt of remote host and  expects you to
enter your user name & password .Without argument it enters command
mode (telnet>) and accepts command listed by ? at telnet> prompt.
Communication is not encrypted between two hosts.
Securely connecting to a remote host
 	ssh  username@hostname  or ssh -l username hostname
Depending on ssh setting for your account you may or may not be asked a
password to login. Your login/passwd will be same login password as you
would use with telnet connection.
Communication is encrypted between two hosts so if someone intercepts
your communication he will not be able to use it.
Copy files from/to remote host	ftp hostname
ftp expects you to enter  your username/passwd or if it is ftp only
account it will require ftp account password .
put , mput (multipleput) command is used to transfer files to remote
host.
get , mget (multipleput) command is used to transfer files from remote
host.
ftp allows some limited number of commands to be executed at ftp>
prompt & summary of ftp command can be found by using ? at ftp>  prompt
Securely copy files from/to remote host
 	sftp username@hostname:remotefile  localfile
Communication is encrypted between two hosts.
Test the tcp/ip  connectivity between two hosts	ping hostname
If you can ping a host the host is reachable from the machine that you
are using .
Router/firewall configuration may prevent ping to succeed .
Backup and  Restore
backup and restore using tar , TApeaRchive	tar tvf filename.tar   ---
View the table of content of a tar archive
tar xvf filename.tar   --- Extract content of a tar archive
tar cvf filename.tar  file1 file2  file3 --- Create a tar archive
called filename.tar using file1, file2,file3 .
tar can't copy the special files , device files .Not suitable for
taking root backup.
backup and restore using cpio  , CopyInputOutput	cpio is mostly used in
conjunction with other commands to generate a list of files to be
copied :
#ls | cpio -o > /dev/rmt/c0t0d0 -- Copy the contents of a directory
into a tape archive:
#find . -depth -print | cpio -pd newdir --- copy entire directory to
other place:
#find . -cpio /dev/rmt/c0t0d0 --- Copy files in current directory to a
tape
cpio can copy special files and hence useful in taking root backup
containing device file.
Find files  , directories
find  files , directories 	Find  command is used to find the files ,
directories and to run commands on the list of files thus generated .By
default, find does not follow symbolic links.

find . -name *.log -print    --- Simple find to list log files
find . -name '*.log' -exec rm  {} \;  -- Simple find to find log files
and delete them .
find accepts a long list of options to find the files based on
different parameters such as create time , modified time , of certain
size etc. Please refer to man find for more option.

Raju wrote:
> COMMONLY USED UNIX COMMANDS
> wildcard characters
> *	The * wildcard character substitutes for one or more characters in a
> filename. For instance, to list all the files in your directory that
> end with .c, enter the command
> ls *.c
> ?	? (question mark) serves as  wildcard character for any one character
> in a filename. For instance, if you have files named prog1, prog2,
> prog3, and prog3  in your directory, the Unix command:
> 
> ls prog?
> dir
> Change	cd dir      Change to directory d
> Make	mkdir dir        Create new directory d
> Move	mv dir1 dir2 Rename directory d1 as d2
> Remove	rmdir dir Remove directory d
> file
> list , no details only names	ls   filename , filename with wildcard
> character/s.
> list , details	ls -1   filename , filename with wildcard character/s.
> 
> move  to directory	mv filename    dirname     (wildcard character/s
> supported)
> copy file to other/current  directory 	cp file  directory/newfile    or
> cp directory/oldfile  .
> Delete the file 	rm  file  ,  rm -rf  directory  - Recursively remove
> files & directly without any warning.
> file	file  filename  , file command tries to determine the file type ,
> text , executable etc after comparing the values in /etc/magic .
> File edit/create/view
> vi  - vi  full screen editor  	vi  filename   , Opens a existing file
> or creates
> ed - Line Text editor	ed  filename
> count - Line, word, & char 	wc  filename
> Text content display - List contents of file at once	cat  filename
> Text content display by screen :  List contents of file  screen by
> screen  	more  filename
> Concatenate -  file1 & file2 into file3	cat file1 file2 >file3
> File operation
> Change read/write/execute mode of fil	chmod mode file
> chown 	chown [-R] [-h] owner[:group] file
> move (rename )  file	mv file1  file2     Rename file file1 as file2
> Remove	rm file  Delete (remove) file f
> Compare two files	cmp file1 file2
> Copy file file1 into file2	cp file1 file2
> Sort Alphabetically 	sort file
> Sort Numerically 	sort -n file
> Split f into n-line pieces	split  [-n]  f
> match pattern	grep pattern file     Outputs lines that
> Lists file differences	diff file1 file2
> head f Output beginning of file	head  file
> Output end of file 	tail file
> PROCESS
> Suspend current process	CTRL/z *
> Interrupt processes	CTRL/c *
> Stop screen scrolling	CTRL/s *
> Resume screen scrolling	CTRL/q *
> Sleep for n seconds	sleep n
> Print list of jobs	jobs
> Kill job n	kill %
> Remove process n	kill  -9 n
> status process status stats	ps
> Resume background job n	bg  [%n]
> Resume foreground job n	fg  [%n]
> Exit from shell	exit
> User admin
>  add a new user login to the system	# useradd -u 655 -g 20 -d
> /home/ttes testlogin  loginname
> -u is userid , if not specified system takes highest available .
> -g group id should be existing in /etc/group , if not specified other
> or user is assigned.
> -d home directory , default is to use user as the directory name under
> the home directory.
> loginname - new login name to be created .
> #useradd testlogin    will create a user by the name 'testlogin' with
> all default values .
> password Change 	passwd  <user>
> alias (csh/tcsh) - Create command 	alias name1 name2
> alias (ksh/bash) - Create alias command 	alias name1="name2"
> alias - Remove alias   	unalias name1[na2...]
> printer
>  Output file f to line printer	lp -d printer file
> 
> System  Status
> Display disk quota	quota
> Print date & time	date
> List logged in users	who
> Display current user	whoami
> Output user information	finger  [username]
> Display recent commands	history
> Environment Variable
> set	set command alone displays the environment variables, it is used to
> set options in ksh   like set -o vi
> export 	 export variable ,  export  makes variable visible in sub
> shells.
> Set environment  variable  (csh/tcsh)  to value v	sentenv name v
> Set environment  variable  (ksh/bash)  to value v	export name=v
> example :  export TERM=vt100
> Connectivity
> Connecting to a  remote host 	$telnet hostname/ip address      or
> $telnet
> Telnet brings up the login prompt of remote host and  expects you to
> enter your user name & password .Without argument it enters command
> mode (telnet>) and accepts command listed by ? at telnet> prompt.
> Communication is not encrypted between two hosts.
> Securely connecting to a remote host
>  	ssh  username@hostname  or ssh -l username hostname
> Depending on ssh setting for your account you may or may not be asked a
> password to login. Your login/passwd will be same login password as you
> would use with telnet connection.
> Communication is encrypted between two hosts so if someone intercepts
> your communication he will not be able to use it.
> Copy files from/to remote host	ftp hostname
> ftp expects you to enter  your username/passwd or if it is ftp only
> account it will require ftp account password .
> put , mput (multipleput) command is used to transfer files to remote
> host.
> get , mget (multipleput) command is used to transfer files from remote
> host.
> ftp allows some limited number of commands to be executed at ftp>
> prompt & summary of ftp command can be found by using ? at ftp>  prompt
> Securely copy files from/to remote host
>  	sftp username@hostname:remotefile  localfile
> Communication is encrypted between two hosts.
> Test the tcp/ip  connectivity between two hosts	ping hostname
> If you can ping a host the host is reachable from the machine that you
> are using .
> Router/firewall configuration may prevent ping to succeed .
> Backup and  Restore
> backup and restore using tar , TApeaRchive	tar tvf filename.tar   ---
> View the table of content of a tar archive
> tar xvf filename.tar   --- Extract content of a tar archive
> tar cvf filename.tar  file1 file2  file3 --- Create a tar archive
> called filename.tar using file1, file2,file3 .
> tar can't copy the special files , device files .Not suitable for
> taking root backup.
> backup and restore using cpio  , CopyInputOutput	cpio is mostly used in
> conjunction with other commands to generate a list of files to be
> copied :
> #ls | cpio -o > /dev/rmt/c0t0d0 -- Copy the contents of a directory
> into a tape archive:
> #find . -depth -print | cpio -pd newdir --- copy entire directory to
> other place:
> #find . -cpio /dev/rmt/c0t0d0 --- Copy files in current directory to a
> tape
> cpio can copy special files and hence useful in taking root backup
> containing device file.
> Find files  , directories
> find  files , directories 	Find  command is used to find the files ,
> directories and to run commands on the list of files thus generated .By
> default, find does not follow symbolic links.
> 
> find . -name *.log -print    --- Simple find to list log files
> find . -name '*.log' -exec rm  {} \;  -- Simple find to find log files
> and delete them .
> find accepts a long list of options to find the files based on
> different parameters such as create time , modified time , of certain
> size etc. Please refer to man find for more option.
> 
What about:
man man
That's a good starting point :)
Certainly get some confused looks from new helpdesk bods!

JulianJ

No i posted Properly, But idnt no y it's showing like dat...

Raju