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newinv(1)							     newinv(1)

NAME
       newinv - Updates distribution kit master inventory

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/bin/newinv mi-file input-path...

OPERANDS
       The  pathname of the master inventory file to be processed.  If no mas‐
       ter inventory file exists, you must create an empty  one	 before	 using
       the  newinv  command.   The name of the product hierarchy to be scanned
       for files belonging in the inventory.  All files and directories	 found
       below the input-path are processed as belonging in the inventory.

DESCRIPTION
       The  newinv  command interactively maintains the master inventory files
       used for producing distribution kits  in	 setld	format.	  The  program
       updates the master inventory for a product when changes are made to the
       hierarchy of files that are to be packaged in the subsets which consti‐
       tute the product.

       The  product  hierarchy	is scanned to produce a list of component path
       names relative to  input-path.  The  list  of  pathnames	 is  processed
       against	the  mi-file to produce a list of files that have been removed
       from the product hierarchy and a list of files that have been added.

       The user is then given an  opportunity  to  intervene  and  direct  the
       inventory  maintenance  by  editing these lists.	 The user is placed in
       the editor with each list available for editing.	 The  editor  used  is
       the one specified by the EDITOR environment variable.  If EDITOR is not
       set, vi is used.	 When editing the list of files that have been removed
       from the product, the user is expected to verify that the removals were
       intentional and confirm the intent by removing the  associated  records
       from  the  file.	  When	editing	 the  list of added files, the user is
       expected to provide options and subset information for each  new	 file,
       transforming the elements of the list into master inventory records.

       To produce a new copy of the master inventory file, both of these lists
       are merged with the records for the files which existed in the previous
       version and are still included.

RESTRICTIONS
       The default text editor, if not specified in $EDITOR, is /usr/ucb/vi.

       Files  in  the  product	hierarchy  cannot  be excluded from the master
       inventory.  Files can be blocked from being kitted in the final distri‐
       bution  kit  by setting the subset field of the master inventory record
       to a minus sign (-).

ERRORS
       The mi-file specified on the command line cannot be found.  The	input-
       path directory specified on the command line does not exist.

EXAMPLES
       To  update  the	hypothetical  master inventory file OAT100.mi from the
       hierarchy beginning at /var/kits/input, type:

       newinv OAT100.mi /var/kits/input

FILES
       Backup copy of master inventory The list	 of  files  missing  from  the
       product	The  list  of  files new to the product Intermediate join file
       List of all files in the product

SEE ALSO
       invcutter(1), kits(1), vi(1), setld(8) stl_mi(4)	 environ(5)  Guide  to
       Preparing Product Kits

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