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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/track.1 b/static/v10/man1/track.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..46ef7ee6 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man1/track.1 @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +.TH TRACK 1 +.SH NAME +track \- selective remote file copy +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B track +[ +.B -vntfd +] +.I file machine +.PP +.B track -r +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Track +uses Datakit to copy files from another machine to the local machine. +If the version of the named file differs from that existing on the +named machine, the remote file is copied. +If the named file is a +directory, the contents of the directory are considered recursively. +Files are copied only if they exist on both machines. +Options: +.TP +.B -v +Normally a report is given for each file copied. +Giving the option causes more verbose reports, for example about +files that exist locally but not remotely. +Giving the option twice generates a report about each file considered. +.TP +.B -n +Do no copying; just report what would have been copied. +.TP +.B -t +Copy only if a remote file is newer than the local file. +.TP +.B -f +Interpret the following file as a list of files and directories +to be handled. +.TP +.BR -d " prefix " +Normally +.I track +copies from remote files with the same names as the local files. +The +.B -d +option takes the next argument as a prefix for remote names; +in constructing the remote name, the argument string that specifies +the local file +or directory is replaced by the prefix. +directory. +.TP +.B -r +This option causes +.I track +to act as the remote partner; +it is invoked in this way on the other machine, and is not intended +for use by humans. +.PP +.I Track +has no special privileges. +Files must be readable remotely and writable locally by the invoker. +It attempts to set the time of modification of a copied file to that +of the remote original; +the attempt can succeed only if the invoker of the local file owns +it or is the super-user. +This feature matters only when random libraries (archives) are being +copied, because the loader uses this time to determine whether the symbol +table is up-to-date. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.L track -d /bin /usr/local/bin ikeya +Copy files from the remote directory +.L /bin +to the local directory. +.L /usr/local/bin +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR push (1), +.IR cp (1), +.IR newer (1) |