rdist linux command

rdist

rdist [options] [names]

System administration command. Remote file distribution client program. rdist maintains identical copies of files over multiple hosts. It reads commands from a file named distfile to direct the updating of files and/or directories. An alternative distfile can be specified with the -f option or the -c option.

Options

-a num

Do not update filesystems with fewer than num bytes free.

-c name [login@]host[:dest]

Interpret the arguments as a small distfile, where login is the user to log in as, host is the destination host, name is the local file to transfer, and dest is the remote name where the file should be installed.

-d var=value

Define var to have value. This option defines or overrides variable definitions in the distfile. Set the variable var to value.

-f file

Read input from file (by default, distfile). If file is -, read from standard input.

-l options

Specify logging options on the local machine.

-m machine

Update only machine. May be specified multiple times for multiple machines.

-n

Suppress normal execution. Instead, print the commands that would have been executed.

-ooptions

Specify one or more options, which must be comma-separated.

chknfs

Suppress operations on files that reside on NFS filesystems.

chkreadonly

Check filesystem to be sure it is not read-only before attempting to perform updates.

chksym

Do not update files that exist on the local host but are symbolic links on the remote host.

compare

Compare files; use this comparison rather than age as the criteria for determining which files should be updated.

follow

Interpret symbolic links, copying the file to which the link points instead of creating a link on the remote machine.

ignlnks

Ignore links that appear to be unresolvable.

nochkgroup

Do not update a file's group ownership unless the entire file needs updating.

nochkmode

Do not update file mode unless the entire file needs updating.

nochkowner

Do not update file ownership unless the entire file needs updating.

nodescend

Suppress recursive descent into directories.

noexec

Suppress rdist of executables that are in a.out format.

numchkgroup

Check group ownership by group ID instead of by name.

numchkowner

Check file ownership by user ID instead of by name.

quiet

Quiet mode; do not print commands as they execute.

remove

Remove files that exist on the remote host but not the local host.

savetargets

Save updated files in name.old.

verify

Print a list of all files on the remote machine that are out of date, but do not update them.

whole

Preserve directory structure by creating subdirectories on the remote machine. For example, if you rdist the file /foo/bar into the directory /baz, it would produce the file /baz/foo/bar, instead of the default, /baz/bar.

younger

Do not update files that are younger than the master files.

-p path

Specify the path to search for rdistd on the remote machine.

-t seconds

Specify the timeout period (default 900 seconds) after which rdist will sever the connection if the remote server has not yet responded.

-A num

Specify the minimum number of inodes that rdist requires.

-D

Debugging mode.

-F

Execute all commands sequentially, without forking.

-L options

Specify logging options on the remote machine.

-M num

Do not allow more than num child rdist processes to run simultaneously. Default is 4.

-P path

Specify path to rsh on the local machine.