7.73 How to install multiple patches on a 10.x system without rebooting?

Use swcopy to create a Patch depot and start swinstall with the patch depot 
as the source. The following script will create the patch depot for you:

#!/sbin/sh
# cd to the directory where the patches are (PHxx_xxxx) and start
# this script. it will extract the patches one by one and create
# a patch-depot in $PDEPOT.

PDEPOT=/tmp/PATCH.depot
for PFILE in PH*[0-9];
do
      sh $PFILE
done
# remove the archives
rm PH*[0-9]
# it's a good habit first reading the PHxx_xxxx.text file
# before deleting them.
# rm *.text
for PFILE in PH*depot;
do
        PNAME=`echo $PFILE | cut -d. -f1`
        /usr/sbin/swcopy -s $PWD/$PFILE $PNAME @ $PDEPOT
done
clear
echo "*********************************************************************"
echo "   PLEASE NOTE: The Patch depot $PDEPOT has been created."
echo "*********************************************************************"
echo "Please start swinstall with $PDEPOT as the source, and don't"
echo "forget to unregister the depot (e.g. swreg -u -l depot $PDEPOT)."



Thanx to  Robert Sakic <rsakic@hpugrca.grc.hp.com>