HP-UX Remote Access Services Administrator's Guide

The rdist Command Options
Table 1-4 describes the rdist options.
Table 1-4 rdist Options
DescriptionOption
Specifies a distfile for rdist to execute. distfile contains a
sequence of entries that specify the files to be copied, the destination
hosts, and the operations to be performed for updating purposes.
-f distfile
Defines variable definitions in the distfile. value defines an empty
string, a name, or a list of names separated by tabs or spaces and enclosed
by a pair of parentheses.
-d var=value
Specifies a limit on the machines to be updated.
-m host
Specifies a label of a command to execute.
label
Forces rdist to interpret the remaining arguments as a small distfile.
NOTE: In IPv6-enabled systems, if you want to use the -c option, you
must enclose the IPv6 address in square brackets ([ and ]).
For example:
rdist -c name user@[IPv6 address]:dest
-c name ...
Prints the commands without executing them.
-n
Specifies the quiet mode.
-q
Removes extraneous files.
-R
Specifies rdist to follow the symbolic links.-h
Specifies rdist to ignore unresolved links.-i
Verifies whether the files are up to date on all the hosts.
-v
Specifies the whole mode. With this option, the whole file name is
appended to the destination directory name.
-w
Specifies younger mode. This option causes rdist not to update files
that are younger than the master copy.
-y
Specifies binary comparison. This option performs a binary comparison
of the files, and updates the file if any difference exists, rather than just
comparing dates and sizes.
-b
Checks whether the mode, ownership, and group are the same, in
addition to any other form of comparison.
-M
For detailed information on rdist, type man 1 rdist at the HP-UX prompt.
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