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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
| commit | 711594636704defae873be1a355a292505585afd (patch) | |
| tree | 59ee13f863830d8beba6cfd02bbe813dd486c26f /static/v10/man1/dist.1 | |
| parent | 3258a063c1f189d7b019e40e525b46bef9b9a7b1 (diff) | |
docs: Added UNIX V10 Manuals
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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/dist.1 b/static/v10/man1/dist.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a3e3edf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man1/dist.1 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.TH DIST 1 +.SH NAME +dist \(mi distribute files to remote systems +.SH SYNOPSIS +.\".BI "dist [ " system " | -[Ff] " file " ] [ -n ] " files +.BI "dist [ " system " | -[Ff] " file " ] " files +.PP +.B "dist -q [" +.I system +.B "| -[Ff]" +.I file +.B "]" +.PP +.B "dist -r [" +.I system +.B "| -[Ff]" +.I file +.B "]" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Dist +distributes files to other systems, where they are installed +under the same names. +.I Dist +operates by packaging the files with +.IR mkpkg (1), +and queuing the resulting package in a spool directory to be +picked up by the remote systems. +.PP +The remote systems' names are given as a single argument, containing +the system names (in the format of +.IR ipc (3)) +separated by white space; alternatively, the +.B -f +option may be used to specify a file containing a list of system names. +The +.B -F +option is identical to +.B -f +except +.I dist +looks for the file in a standard directory. +.PP +The +.I dist +command has two forms of use. In the first form, +.I dist +packages a group of files and queues them for transmission. +.\"If the +.\".B -n +.\"option is specified, the remote systems are notified that the package +.\"is available. +The +.I file +arguments may be either file names or options for +.IR mkpkg (1). +.PP +When +.B -q +is given, +.I dist +queries the named systems and displays the contents of their transmission +queues; if no systems are given the local queue is displayed +by default. +.PP +When +.B -r +is given, +.I dist +calls the named system and installs any packages it has queued for +the local system. +.SH EXAMPLES +Distribute a new binary for grep to all vaxes: +.IP +.B "dist -F vaxes /bin/grep" +.SH FILES +.B /usr/lib/dist/* +.br +.B /usr/lib/dist/destinations/* +.br +.B /usr/spool/dist/* +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR mkpkg (1), +.IR dist (5), +.IR dist (8) |
