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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/eg/g/gcp.man b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/eg/g/gcp.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8985742 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/eg/g/gcp.man @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +.\" $Header: /home/cvs/386BSD/ports/lang/perl/eg/g/gcp.man,v 1.1.1.1 1993/08/23 21:29:44 nate Exp $ +.TH GCP 1C "13 May 1988" +.SH NAME +gcp \- global file copy +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B gcp +file1 file2 +.br +.B gcp +[ +.B \-r +] file ... directory +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I gcp +works just like rcp(1C) except that you may specify a set of hosts to copy files +from or to. +The host sets are defined in the file /etc/ghosts. +(An individual host name can be used as a set containing one member.) +You can give a command like + + gcp /etc/motd sun: + +to copy your /etc/motd file to /etc/motd on all the Suns. +If, on the other hand, you say + + gcp /a/foo /b/bar sun:/tmp + +then your files will be copied to /tmp on all the Suns. +The general rule is that if you don't specify the destination directory, +files go to the same directory they are in currently. +.P +You may specify the union of two or more sets by using + as follows: + + gcp /a/foo /b/bar 750+mc: + +which will copy /a/foo to /a/foo on all 750's and Masscomps, and then copy +/b/bar to /b/bar on all 750's and Masscomps. +.P +Commonly used sets should be defined in /etc/ghosts. +For example, you could add a line that says + + pep=manny+moe+jack + +Another way to do that would be to add the word "pep" after each of the host +entries: + + manny sun3 pep +.br + moe sun3 pep +.br + jack sun3 pep + +Hosts and sets of host can also be excluded: + + foo=sun-sun2 + +Any host so excluded will never be included, even if a subsequent set on the +line includes it: + + foo=abc+def +.br + bar=xyz-abc+foo + +comes out to xyz+def. + +You can define private host sets by creating .ghosts in your current directory +with entries just like /etc/ghosts. +Also, if there is a file .grem, it defines "rem" to be the remaining hosts +from the last gsh or gcp that didn't succeed everywhere. +.PP +Interrupting with a SIGINT will cause the rcp to the current host to be skipped +and execution resumed with the next host. +To stop completely, send a SIGQUIT. +.SH SEE ALSO +rcp(1C) +.SH BUGS +All the bugs of rcp, since it calls rcp. |