adpatch options

I have noticed that most of the people are not aware of all the options available with adpatch. It is very simple, just type :

adpatch help=y

on unix prompt to display all the options.

Here's the output on an 11.5.10.2 instance patched with AD.I.5 and ATG RUP5:

adpatch help=y

usage: adpatch [help=y]

adpatch Pre-Install Mode
[preinstall=y|n]

adpatch Test Mode
[apply=y|n]

adpatch Non-Interactive mode
[defaultsfile=<$APPL_TOP/admin/SID/defaultsfile>]
[logfile=][interactive=y|n][workers=]
[patchtop=][driver=][restart=y|n]
[abandon=y|n][wait_on_failed_job=y|n]

adpatch
[localworkers=][workers=]
[printdebug=y|n][parallel_index_threshold=]
[order=] [flags=][options=]

adpatch Upload Patch History From Filesystem
[uploadph=y|n]
where

* help=y - Prints help information about adpatch options.

* preinstall - To run adpatch in Pre-Install Mode.
Default - No.

* apply - To run adpatch in Test Mode.
Default - Yes.

* uploadph - To upload the patch history from the filesystem to the
database and exit. This feature can be used when the system
is not in maintenance mode.
Default - No.

* interactive - Invokes adpatch in Non-Interactive mode when
"interactive=no" is specified.
Default - Yes.

Following are usually specified in Non-Interactive Mode, however not all
are compulsory. Some are also valid for interactive mode.

* defaultsfile - Defaults file name.
Default - none. No default file read or written.
* logfile - Adpatch log file name.
Default - none. Adpatch prompts for this value.
* workers - Specifies the number of workers to run.
Default - none. Adpatch prompts for this value.
* patchtop - Top-level directory for the current patch.
Default - none. Adpatch prompts for this value.
* driver - Name of the patch driver file.
Default - none. Adpatch prompts for this value.
* restart - To restart an existing session.
Default - none. Adpatch prompts for this value.
* abandon - To abandon the previous failed session.
Default - No.
* wait_on_failed_job - To prevent adpatch from exiting, when all
workers have failed in Non-Interactive Mode.
Default - No.

* localworkers - Used in Distributed AD to specify the number of
workers to be run on the current machine.
Default - Value specified for workers.
* printdebug - To display extra debugging information.
Default - No.
* parallel_index_threshold - Threshold block count in each table, which when
exceeded for a table causes its indexes to be
created using parallel slaves.
Default - none. Adpatch does not create indexes
in parallel.

* order = To organize list of jobs to run in a phase. Default - forward.
* forward - The order in which jobs are listed in the
patch driver file.
* backward - Opposite to how the jobs are listed in the
patch driver file.

* flags = Generic flags passed to adpatch
* hidepw - To omit the "HIDEPW:" comments in the log file.
Default - hidepw.
* trace - To log all database operations to a trace file.
Default - notrace.
* logging - To create indexes in LOGGING or NOLOGGING mode.
Default - nologging.

* options = Generic options passed to adpatch.
* checkfile - To skip running exec, SQL, and exectier
commands if they are recorded as already run.
Default - checkfile.
* compiledb - To compile invalid objects in the database
after running actions in the database driver.
Default - compiledb.
* compilejsp - To compile out-of-date JSP files, if the patch
has copy actions for at least one JSP file.
Default - compilejsp.
* copyportion - To run commands found in a copy driver.
Default - copyportion.
* databaseportion - To run commands found in a database driver.
Default - databaseportion.
* generateportion - To run commands found in a generate driver.
Default - generateportion.
* integrity - To perform patch integrity checking.
Default - nointegrity.
* maintainmrc - To maintain the MRC schema after running
actions found in the database driver.
Default - maintainmrc.
* autoconfig - To run AutoConfig.
Default - autoconfig.
* actiondetails - To get the details of actions turned off.
Default - actiondetails.
* parallel - To run actions that update the database or
actions that generate files in parallel.
Default - parallel.
* prereq - To perform prerequisite patch checking prior
to running patch driver files.
Default - prereq.
* revcache - To load the package revision cache (if adpatch
determines it is needed).
Default - revcache.
* validate - To connect to all registered Oracle
Applications schemas at the start of the patch.
Default - novalidate.
* hotpatch - A patch which can be applied in Normal mode.
Default - hotpatch.
* phtofile - The patch history will be saved to files.
Default - nophtofile.