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30 Chapter 5. RHN Package Manager
Option Description
--password=PASSWORD Specify your RHN password. If you do not provide
one with this option, you will be prompted for it.
--source Upload source package headers.
--dontcopy In the post-upload step, do not copy the packages to
their final location in the package tree.
--test Only print the packages to be pushed.
--no-ssl Not recommended — Turn off SSL.
-?, --usage Briefly describe the options.
--copyonly Copies the file listed in the argument into the
specified channel. Useful when a channel on the
proxy is missing a package and you don’t want to
reimport all of the packages in the channel. E.g.,
rhn_package_manager -cCHANNEL
--copyonly /PATH/TO/MISSING/FILE
-h, --help Display the help screen with a list of options.
Table 5-1. rhn_package_manager options
Tip
These command line options are also described in the rhn_package_manager man page:
man rhn_package_manager.