SHIP(8) SHIP(8)
NAME
ship, shipstat - automatic software distribution
SYNOPSIS
ship [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
shipstat
DESCRIPTION
Ship distributes the named files to other computers, where
the files are installed under the same names. Shipping
privileges are determined by the network manager on the
receiving machine; see svcmgr(8).
Destinations are taken from environment variable dest, or
from if dest is empty. If a destination is the name of a
file in it is replaced by the contents of that file, each
word of which is then examined in the same way. Otherwise
the destination is a network address. The sending machine
is omitted unless explicitly named in the environment vari-
able, or unless option -f is present or environment variable
force has a non-empty value.
Ship uses inspkg and mkpkg(8) to do its work. Links among
the named files are imitated on the receiving computer, and
named files that do not exist on the sending computer are
deleted on the receiving computer. Other options are the
same as those of mkpkg:
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-v Emit running commentary on the standard error file.
-Dpath1=path2
Pretend that any file name that begins with path1
really begins with path2. Relative pathnames are
extended to full pathnames before comparison.
-xcommand
-Xfile
Include in the package instructions to execute the
shell command or run the shell script file after all
files have been installed. Only one of these options
may occur. The file name in -X is affected by -D.
Shipments are generally acknowledged by mail after each des-
tination has been tried at least once; see asd(8) for
details.
Shipstat reports the status of all its caller's incomplete
shipments, with the most recent first.
SHIP(8) SHIP(8)
FILES
distribution lists
/usr/lib/asd/dest/default default distribution list
/usr/spool/asd/logname outgoing spool directories
SEE ALSO
mkpkg(8), asd(8), svcmgr(8)
BUGS
The -f option, if given, must be the first option and must
not be combined with any other.