The response from this list is quick as usual.
Richard Bond suggested that I can use scp, which is SSH's version of rcp. It
does things nicely if I only need to copy the files to other systems. I
probably should have mentioned that we utilize rdist's *special* directive
in our distfile to execute scripts after certain files are copied
(/var/adm/sendmail/aliases for example).
John P Speno and Paul A Sand both recommended that I check out rsync at the
following URL:
http://rsync.samba.org
I've read the man pages online, and have downloaded the source code. I also
found how to emulate rdist's *special* directive at the bottom of the
following URL:
http://rsync.samba.org/rsync/examples.html
Last but not least, Anthony A. D. Talltree shared the URL (which was also
posted to the list) where I can obtain the source for rdist.
http://www.magnicomp.com
Thanks to all who've replied!
--
Hank Lee
hank.lee_at_vta.org
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
SAP Basis Administrator
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Received on Fri May 12 2000 - 21:22:41 NZST