HP R4.2 [-v], <dir, /home/o, <homedir, findHomes, <filename, findHomes, /etc/passwd, A Summary of Commands

A Summary of Commands findHomes

For each user, the entire directory structure (including all files) preserved from the user home directory on the pre-upgrade machine is moved to the user home directory on the upgraded system. If a saved file has the same name as a file that already exists in a user’s home directory on the upgraded system, the saved version is moved to o.<filename> in that directory.

Files for any users whose login IDs change from the pre-upgrade system to the upgraded system must be manually moved from their saved location to their new home directory. This manual intervention is also required for any user who did not use his login ID as the name of his home directory on the pre-upgrade system.

The findHomes command should be run after the assisted software upgrade is complete and logins for all users expected to move from the pre-upgrade system to the upgraded system are administered on the upgraded system.

The [?] argument displays a help message.

The [-v]argument causes a list of saved files to be printed as they are moved.

The -D <dir> argument specifies an additional directory to be searched for saved user files.

The Upgrade Assistance Package saves user files in /home/o.<homedir>, where <homedir> is the last directory in the full-path-name home directory specified for each user in the /etc/passwd file on the preupgraded system. Often, <homedir> is the user’s login ID. If the file restoration to this directory

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