The client files are complete install images.  The server
files represent fix files on top of the server products.
For server maintenance, you need the server product image
and the latest server maintenance.  For client maintenance
you need only obtain the latest client fix file.
Server product images are not on the ftp server.

Barry Fruchtman
ADSM Development

On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Alan Hamilton wrote:

> I'm confused by the multiple files in the fixes area myself.  For example,
> the AIX 4.1 client v2.1 directory has adsm.client plus a bunch of language
> files.  This I understand.  But what are the *.bff files?  They seem to be
> patches, but the README file seems to indicate that they're patches for the
> server, not the client.  And... the aixserv directory has an entirely
> *different* set of files.
>
> So.... to get the most current release for AIX, which files do I need to
> download, for both the clients and the server?
>       /
>   /  *  /  Alan Hamilton
>  *     *   alanh AT primenet DOT com
>