Removes information that is used for the installation of diskless or dataless clients and workload partitions from the inst_root directories of installed software.
The inurid command is used to remove files stored in the inst_root directories of installed software.
The names of these directories are of the forms: /usr/lpp/PackageName/inst_root for software products and /usr/lpp/PackageName/OptionName/v.r.m.f/inst_root for AIX® Version 4 updates.
When this command is called, the inst_root directories are removed for all products and updates in the committed state. Also, an indicator is stored in the Software Vital Product Data indicating that the proper inst_root directory information is to be removed after the completion of each future installation action, for example, actions performed by the installp command.
Attention: When you remove inst_root directories to save disk space, there are implications to doing so. By removing these directories, the system cannot be used to create workload partitions, or be used as a Shared Product Object Tree (SPOT) server of diskless or dataless clients. Also, after inst_root directories are removed from a system, there is no way to retrieve the directories. Therefore, the system cannot later be converted to a workload partition or SPOT server without reinstalling the entire operating system.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| -q | Queries whether inst_root directories have been removed from the system. A return value of 0 indicates that inst_root directories have not been removed and a return value of 1 indicates that the inst_root directories have been removed. |
| -r | Requests inst_root directories be removed from the system. |
Privilege Control: You must be the root user to run this command.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| /usr/lib/instl/inurid | Contains the inurid command. |