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control_rancid - run rancid for devices of a group
control_rancid
[-m mail_rcpt] [-r device_name] group
control_rancid is a sh(1)
script
to parse a group’s router.db(5)
, run rancid for each of the devices, possibly
re-run rancid for devices that failed collection, e-mail diffs, and e-mail
error reports.
The command-line options are as follows:
- -m mail_rcpt
- Specify
the recipient of diff mail, which is normally rancid-<group>. The argument
may be a single address, multiple comma separated addresses, or -m may be
specified multiple times.
- -r device_name
- Specify the name, as it appears
in the router.db, of a particular device to collect and generate diffs
for. The device must be marked "up".
The -r option alters the subject line
of the diff mail. It will begin with <group name>/<device name> rather than
just the group name alone.
control_rancid is normally (and best) run via
rancid-run(1)
which provides a locking mechanism on a group basis and saves
output in a log file for each group.
rancid-run(1)
, rancid.conf(5)
,
router.db(5)
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