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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SHIP 8
        !             2: .CT 1 comm_mach sa_nonmortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: ship, shipstat \(mi automatic software distribution
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B ship
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I option ...
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I file ...
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .B shipstat
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Ship
        !            17: distributes the named files to other computers, where
        !            18: the files are installed under the same names.
        !            19: Shipping privileges are determined
        !            20: by the network manager on the receiving machine;
        !            21: see
        !            22: .IR svcmgr (8).
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: Destinations are taken from environment variable
        !            25: .BR dest ,
        !            26: or from
        !            27: .F /usr/lib/asd/dest/default
        !            28: if
        !            29: .B dest
        !            30: is empty.
        !            31: If a destination is the name of a file in
        !            32: .FR /usr/lib/asd/dest ,
        !            33: it is replaced by the contents of that file,
        !            34: each word of which is then examined in the same way.
        !            35: Otherwise the destination is a network address.
        !            36: The sending machine is omitted unless explicitly named in
        !            37: the environment variable,
        !            38: or unless option
        !            39: .B -f
        !            40: is present or environment variable
        !            41: .B force
        !            42: has a non-empty value.
        !            43: .PP
        !            44: .I Ship
        !            45: uses
        !            46: .I inspkg
        !            47: and 
        !            48: .IR mkpkg (8)
        !            49: to do its work.
        !            50: Links among the named files are imitated
        !            51: on the receiving computer, and
        !            52: named files that do not exist on the sending
        !            53: computer are deleted on the receiving computer.
        !            54: Other options are the same as those of
        !            55: .IR mkpkg :
        !            56: .PP
        !            57: .TP \w'\-X file 'u
        !            58: .B -v
        !            59: Emit running commentary on the standard error file.
        !            60: .TP
        !            61: .BI -D path1 = path2
        !            62: Pretend that any
        !            63: .I file
        !            64: name that begins with
        !            65: .I path1
        !            66: really begins with
        !            67: .IR path2 .
        !            68: Relative pathnames are extended to full pathnames before comparison.
        !            69: .TP
        !            70: .BI -x command
        !            71: .br
        !            72: .ns
        !            73: .TP
        !            74: .BI -X file
        !            75: Include in the package instructions to execute the shell
        !            76: .I command
        !            77: or run the shell script
        !            78: .I file
        !            79: after all files have been installed.
        !            80: Only one of these options may occur.
        !            81: The
        !            82: .I file 
        !            83: name in
        !            84: .BR -X
        !            85: is affected by
        !            86: .BR -D .
        !            87: .PP
        !            88: Shipments are generally acknowledged by mail after each destination
        !            89: has been tried at least once;
        !            90: see
        !            91: .IR asd (8)
        !            92: for details.
        !            93: .PP
        !            94: .I Shipstat
        !            95: reports the status of all its caller's
        !            96: incomplete shipments,
        !            97: with the most recent first.
        !            98: .SH FILES
        !            99: .TF/usr/lib/asd/dest/default
        !           100: .TP
        !           101: .F /usr/lib/asd/dest/*
        !           102: distribution lists
        !           103: .TP
        !           104: .F
        !           105: /usr/lib/asd/dest/default
        !           106: default distribution list
        !           107: .TP
        !           108: .BI /usr/spool/asd/ logname
        !           109: outgoing spool directories
        !           110: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           111: .IR mkpkg (8),
        !           112: .IR asd (8),
        !           113: .IR svcmgr (8)
        !           114: .SH BUGS
        !           115: The
        !           116: .B -f
        !           117: option, if given, must be the first option and
        !           118: must not be combined with any other.

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