HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

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rdist(1) rdist(1)
/usr/local/${IMAGEN} -> arpa
install /usr/local/lib ;
notify ralph ;
${FILES} :: stamp.cory
notify root@cory ;
AUTHOR
rdist was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
FILES
distfile Input command file.
/tmp/rdist* Temporary file for update lists.
SEE ALSO
sh(1), csh(1), stat(2)
HISTORY
rdist appeared in the 4.3 Berkeley Software Distribution.
BUGS
Source files must reside on the local host where rdist is executed.
There is no easy way to have a special command executed after all files in a directory have been updated.
Variable expansion only works for name lists and in the
special command string; there should be a
general macro facility.
rdist aborts on files that have a negative mtime (before Jan 1, 1970).
rdist does carry the atime when installing a file but will preserve it on an updated file.
There should be a ‘force’ option to allow replacement of non-empty directories by regular files or symlinks.
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