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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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