Installing and Administering Internet Services

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Using rdist
Creating the Distfile
10-1. Each command must end in a semicolon (;).
Table 10-1 Distfile Commands
install Copies source files/directories to each host in the destination list.
Any of the following options can be specified:
-b performs a binary comparison and updates files if they differ.
Without this option, rdist updates files only if the size or
modification time differs.
-h follows symbolic links on the master host and copies the
file(s) that the link points to. Without this option, rdist copies
the name of a symbolic link.
-i ignores unresolved links. Without this option, rdist tries to
maintain the link structure of the files being copied and sends out
warnings if any link cannot be found.
-R removes files in the remote host’s directory that do not exist in
the corresponding directory on the master host.
-v displays the files that are out of date on the remote host but
does not update any files or send any mail.
-w appends the full pathname (including directory subtree) to a
destination directory name. For example, if file /dira/filea is
copied to dirb, the result ant file is /dirb/dira/filea.
Without this option, the preceding copy operation would result in
/dirb/filea.
-y does not update files on the remote host that are newer than
the master copy.
destpath installs the file on the remote host as the specified
path name.
notify user [@ host ] Mails a list of updated files and/or any errors that have occurred
to a specified receiver. If host is not specified, the remote host
name is assumed.
except file_list Updates all files in the source list except for the file(s) specified
in file_list .
except_pat pattern Updates all files in the source list except for those files whose
names contain the pattern pattern . The characters “\” and “$”
must be escaped with a backslash (\).