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     SHIP(1)                                                   SHIP(1)

     NAME
          ship - automatic software distribution

     SYNOPSIS
          ship files

     DESCRIPTION
          Ship distributes the named files to other computers, where
          they are installed under the same names.  The shipper must
          be registered in the tables of asd(5). Ship will ask for a
          key to confirm the shipper's rights.

          Links among the named files are imitated on the receiving
          computer.  Named files that do not exist on the sending com-
          puter are deleted on the receiving computer.

     SEE ALSO
          asd(8), asd(5)