Using emgr to manage interim fix command paths.

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The emgr command calls one or more of the following UNIX commands.

  • ar
  • awk
  • cat
  • chmod
  • chown
  • compress
  • cp
  • date
  • df
  • diff
  • du
  • egrep
  • fuser
  • id
  • ksh
  • ln
  • ls
  • mkdir
  • mount
  • mv
  • printf
  • ps
  • rm
  • rmdir
  • sed
  • sleep
  • sort
  • sum
  • tail
  • tar
  • tee
  • touch
  • umount
  • uname
  • vi
  • wc
  • zcat
The emgr command calls one or more of the following AIX® commands:
  • aclget
  • aclput
  • bosboot
  • lslpp
  • odmchange
  • odmget
  • slibclean
  • tcbck
The emgr command looks for the UNIX and AIX commands previously listed in the following path order:
  1. /usr/emgrdata/bin
  2. /usr/bin
  3. /usr/sbin
  4. /bin
  5. /sbin
  6. /usr/local/bin
  7. /usr/local/sbin
The /usr/emgrdata/bin directory is a secured directory that is created the first time the emgr command is run.
If you are attempting to install or remove an interim fix for one of the commands that the emgr command uses, you might not be able to successfully complete the operation. To solve this problem, do the following:
  1. Manually install the interim fix file into the /usr/emgrdata/bin directory.
  2. Perform the emgr operation.
  3. Remove the manually installed interim fix file from the /usr/emgrdata/bin directory.
Using this method, the interim fix is registered and tracked with interim fix manager and all other emgr command processing takes place.
If the interim fix file is the /usr/bin/ksh file and the problem it fixes prevents the emgr command's operations from succeeding, then do the following:
  1. Back up the original /usr/bin/ksh file.
  2. Manually install the /usr/bin/ksh interim fix file to /usr/bin/ksh.
  3. Perform the emgr command installation or remove operation.