VPDUPDATE(8)

VPDUPDATE(8) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the section 8 page for vpdupdate — yes, the little Linux command that keeps your Vital Product Data (VPD) database looking fresh ✨

NAME 🎀

vpdupdate — update the Vital Product Data (VPD) database. periodt.

SYNOPSIS 🦋

vpdupdate [-p<database-path> | --path=<database-path>] [-h | --help]

DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so real talk: this program is part of the lsvpd package for Linux. That package is a (partial) reimplementation of AIX's lsvpd and related commands — iykyk 💫

vpdupdate updates the Vital Product Data (VPD) database used by the query commands in the lsvpd package. That's literally its whole main character job 👑

OPTIONS 💅

• -p<database-path>, --path=<database-path> — sets the database where the VPD will be stored. bestie, the path must be a full path including filename — not just a vibe, an actual complete path 🫶
• -h, --help — displays the usage message. iconic, helpful, we love to see it ✨

FILES 🍓

• /var/lib/lsvpd/ — database directory used by vpdupdate.
• /lib/lsvpd — directory for libvpd and *.ids reference files. lowkey important.

SEE ALSO 🌈

• lsvpd(8)
• lscfg(8)
• lsmcode(8)
• lsvio(8)

AUTHOR 👑

Eric Munson <ebmunson@us.ibm.com>. Brad Peters <bpeters@us.ibm.com>.

Copyright (c) 2002 - 2013 IBM.

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