Running a 10.10.2 OS X Server and have a lot of old Update files I need to get rid of. I have followed instructions on...
Mac OS X Server 10.4 or later: Removing old updates from Software Update Server
...but getting this error...
No such file or directory
...when typing...
grep swupd /etc/swupd/com.apple.server.swupdate.plist > ~/Desktop/update_list.txt
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
I don't use Apple's own SUS software I use Reposado instead, however it is my understanding that the locations of files used by Apple's SUS software have been moved with Yosemite/Server 4.x.
Try looking in the following locations
/Library/Server/Software Update/Config/
/Library/Server/Software Update/Data/
/private/var/db/swupd/
Thanks John,
I know of the location of the files but not sure if just deleting them would cause any other issue with the server.
I was hoping for a solution to be able to delete the files that are there, either via terminal, third-rate software or just a clever way of getting rid of them.
Deleting using the finder works for me every time. Stop the Service first though. When you're done simply start the service again.
Thanks Antonio,
Would you delete just the HTML directory or the everything within the Server Update directory?
If you're not interested in using the service anymore delete it all. If it's just the updates then delete them from the directory they're in.
This worked for me:
sudo swupd_syncd -removeDeprecatedAlso have a look at man swupd_syncd
USAGE
swupd_syncd -h
swupd_syncd [-ver |-appleversion ] swupd_syncd -sync
swupd_syncd -showDeprecated
swupd_syncd -removeDeprecated
swupd_syncd -recoverPurged
swupd_syncd -checkRequests
swupd_syncd -listCatalogs
swupd_syncd [-disable |-enable |-mirror ]<PRODUCT>OPTIONS
-h displays this message
(may not be combined with other options)
-ver displays program version information
-sync force refresh of local content from master software update server. (Thisis the default action ifno arguments are given.)
-showDeprecated
displays a list of all deprecated software products
-removeDeprecated
delete all deprecated software products from the catalog
-recoverPurged
restore lost catalog items from downloaded files
-checkRequests
process pending service admin requests.
-listCatalogs
display all known product catalog URLs.
-disable <PRODUCT>
-enable <PRODUCT>
-mirror <PRODUCT> perform the requested action for the selected product, where PRODUCT is an product indentifier (e.g.061-2345)RETURNS
Onexit, the process returns 0ifno errors or-1if the sync operation failed [1]NOTES
[1]If the program returns errors, consult the swupd_syncd log file
(/var/log/swupd/swupd_sync_log)for more details.
[2]Additional debug logging can be enabled with the following command: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SUServer enableDebugLogging -bool[ yes |no] (default: debug log message are disabled) Detailed sources for any log message can be enabled with the following command: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SUServer showLogSource -bool[ yes |no] (default: source information is disabled)How to Remove old updates from Software Update service