Removing Original Product Files

Removing Original Product Files

Sometimes it may be necessary to remove original product files from /var/inst/patchbase (to save disk space, for example). A special argument to the versions command removes the files that a patch has replaced. However, there are important reasons why you should create a backup copy of /var/inst/patchbase before removing any of its contents:

Original product files are not recoverable after they are removed from /var/inst/patchbase.
Original product files are sometimes required for subsequent patches to the product.

Use the versions command with the removehist argument to remove original product files from /var/inst/patchbase.

Caution: Before you use this command, make a backup copy of /var/inst/patchbase:

# versions removehist patchname