HP-UX Reference (11i v2 07/12) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

rdist(1) rdist(1)

install /usr/local/lib ;

notify ralph ;

${FILES} :: stamp.cory

notify root@cory ;

WARNINGS

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.

AUTHOR

rdist was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

rdist appeared in the 4.3 Berkeley Software Distribution.

FILES

distfile Input command ﬁle.

/tmp/rdist* Temporary ﬁle for update lists.