DESCRIPTION
    This operation applies an interim patch to an ORACLE_HOME from
    the current directory. The patch location can specified using
    the parameter patch_location. This command doesn't support
    System Patch.

SYNTAX
opatch apply  [-connectString  <List of connect strings>]
              [-customLogDir <Custom Log Directory>]
              [-delay <value> ] [ -force ] [ -force_conflict ]
              [-init <parameters for the init script in escaped double
               quotes> [-opatch_init_end] ]
              [-invPtrLoc <Path to oraInst.loc> ]
              [-jre <LOC> ] [-local ] [-local_node <Local node name>] 
              [-minimize_downtime ] [-no_bug_superset ]
              [-no_relink] [-ocmrf <Response file location> ]
              [-oh <ORACLE_HOME> ][ -online ] [-oop] [-optimize]
              [-post <parameters for the post script in escaped
               quotes> [-opatch_post_end] ] 
              [-pre <parameters for the pre script
               in escaped double quotes> [-opatch_pre_end] ]
              [-profile_mask <Name of profile>]
              [-property_file <Path to property file>]
              [-ptlConnect <portal connect string>]
              [-ptlPassword <portal password>]
              [-ptlSchema <portal schema>]
              [-remote_nodes <List of remote nodes (node1,node2)>] 
              [-retry <value ] [-runSql ]
              [silent ] [-sqlScript <path of the sql file>] [-verbose ]
              [ <Patch Location> ]

OPTIONS 
        -all_nodes
              Apply the patch using all-node mode.

        -connectString
              This option can be used to specify the list of database
              instances on which the patch needs to be applied. The
              value for this option is specified as per the following
              syntax "SID:User:Passwd:Node". The SID is a must, others
              can be ignored, OPatch takes default values for it.
              Ex: oracle:dba:dba:mymachine,oracle1:::
              NOTE: If the system is not part of RAC setup, then to
              patch just the local node, provide the node name as
              empty string.

       -customLogDir
              This option specifies the custom log location.

       -delay
              If  -retry is specified, this options  tells OPatch how
              many seconds it should wait before attempting to lock
              inventory again in case of a previous failure.

       -force
              This option is meaningful with 'silent' option and is used
              to override the behavior of silent under specific
              circumstances.

       -force_conflict
              If a conflict exist which prevents the patch from being
              applied, the -force_conflict flag can be used to apply the
              patch. OPatch will remove all the conflicting patches before
              applying the current patch. This will override the 'silent' 
              behavior for conflicts and hence is meaningful only when used 
              with 'silent' option.

       -init
              This option is used to pass parameters to the init
              script. This script is executed before prerequisite checks
              are run. The value for this option have to be enclosed
              in double quotes. This option should be ended by option
              'opatch_init_end'.

       -invPtrLoc
              Used to locate the oraInst.loc file. Needed when the
              installation used the -invPtrLoc flag. This should be
              the path to the oraInst.loc file

       -jre
              This option tells OPatch to use JRE (java) from the
              specified location instead of the default location
              under Oracle Home.

       -local
              Patch the local node, then update inventory of the
              local node. Do not propagate the patch or inventory
              update to other nodes.

       -local_node
              This option can be used to specify to OPatch the local
              node name to be used for RAC mode application of the patch

       -minimize_downtime
              Only applied to RAC instances. User supplies the
              order of nodes to be patched. This option cannot be
              used in conjunction with -local option with a rolling
              patch.

       -no_bug_superset
              This option tells OPatch to error out if the current
              patch's bugs-to-fix is a super-set (or same set) of an
              installed patch's bugs-fixed in the Oracle Home.

       -no_relink
              The nolink option does not perform any make operations.
              This option can be used during multiple patch
              applications and perform the linking step only once.
              OPatch does not keep track of the make operations it
              did not perform. It is the job of the OPatch users to
              make sure the execute OPatch without this option at
              the end, so that compilation happens once

       -ocmrf
              This OPatch is generic, not being bundled with OCM.
              The -ocmrf option is being deprecated.  Please remove it
              while calling OPatch.

       -oh
              The oracle home to work on. This takes precedence over
              the environment variable ORACLE_HOME

       -online
	      This option is used to install the online part of the 
	      given patch

       -oop   
              This option is to trigger OPatch self patching Out-of-place
              mode.

       -optimize
	      If the in-coming patch has conflict with installed patches
	      in oracle home and the conflicting patches also have installed
	      patches depending on them (prereq/overlay patches), then using
	      this option will auto-rollback both conflict patches and their
	      dependent patches recursively, before installing the in-coming
	      patch.
	      If the in-coming patch is a singleton and the conflict patch is
	      a composite patch, then opatch will skip the singleton in-coming
	      patch.
              This option is mutually exclusive with -force.
              This option is mutually exclusive with -force_conflict.

       -opatch_init_end
              This option is used to mark the end of init options.
              Without this option everything after init till end of
              the command is passed into init. This option is
              meaningless without -init option.

       -opatch_post_end
              This option is used to mark the end of post options.
              Without this option everything after post till end of
              the command is passed into post. This option is
              meaningless without -post option.

       -opatch_pre_end
              This option is used to mark the end of pre options.
              Without this option everything after pre till end of
              the command is passed into pre. This option is
              meaningless without -pre option.

       -post
              This option is used to pass parameters to the post script.
              This script is executed after application of the patch.
              The value for this option have to be enclosed in double
              quotes. This option should be ended by option 
              'opatch_post_end'.

       -pre
              This option is used to pass parameters to the pre
              script. This script is executed before application of
              the patch. The value for this option have to be enclosed
              in double quotes. This option should be ended by option
              'opatch_pre_end'.
 
       -profile_mask
              If the patch to be applied specifies WLS patch/patchset
              as prerequisites, OPatch will read the WLS default patch
              profile. To have OPatch read non-default patch profile,
              specify the patch profile name with this option.

       -property_file
              The user defined property file for OPatch to use. The
              path to the property file should be absolute. This
              property file takes precedence over the one that is
              supplied with OPatch

       -ptlConnect
	      This option can be used to specify the connect string of the
	      portal schema 
       
       -ptlPassword
	      This option can be used to specify the password of the portal
              schema

       -ptlSchema
              This option can be used to specify the schema of the portal
              repository patch

       -remote_nodes
              This option can be used to specify to OPatch the list
              of remote nodes to be used for RAC mode application of 
              the patch. The node names are comma separated and
              without spaces

       -report
              Just prints out the actions without executing

       -retry
              This option tells OPatch how many times it should retry
              in case of an inventory lock failure.

       -runSql
              This option can be used to specify OPatch to run the
              sql scripts and sql procedures if they are present in the
              given patch.

       -silent
              This suppresses any user-interaction

       -sqlScript
              This option can be used to specify the custom sql script
              to be run by OPatch after patching is completed

       -verbose
              This option prints more OPatch output to the screen as
              well as to the log file

PARAMETERS
      Patch Location
              Path to the location for the patch. If the patch 
              location is not specified, then the current directory 
              is taken as the patch location.
