rdist — Remote File Distribution Program
Synopsis
/usr/bin/rdist [-b][-D][-h][-i][-n][-q][-R][-v][-w][-y][-d macro=value] [-f distfile][-m host]... /usr/bin/rdist [-b][-D][-h][-i][-n][-q][-R][-v][-w][-y] -c pathname... [login@] hostname [:destpath]
Description
Use the rdist (remote distribution) command to maintain copies of files on multiple hosts. It preserves the owner, group, mode, and modification time of the master copies and can update programs that are executing.
Note
rdist does not propagate ownership or mode changes when the file contents have not changed.
Normally, a copy on a remote host is updated if its size or modification time differs from the original on the local host. rdist reads the indicated distfile for instructions ...
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