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1.1     ! root        1: .TH TRACK 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: track \- selective remote file copy
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B track
        !             6: [
        !             7: .B -vntfd
        !             8: ]
        !             9: .I file machine
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .B track -r
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .I Track
        !            14: uses Datakit to copy files from another machine to the local machine.
        !            15: If the version of the named file differs from that existing on the
        !            16: named machine, the remote file is copied.
        !            17: If the named file is a
        !            18: directory, the contents of the directory are considered recursively.
        !            19: Files are copied only if they exist on both machines.
        !            20: Options:
        !            21: .TP
        !            22: .B -v
        !            23: Normally a report is given for each file copied.
        !            24: Giving the option causes more verbose reports, for example about
        !            25: files that exist locally but not remotely.
        !            26: Giving the option twice generates a report about each file considered.
        !            27: .TP
        !            28: .B -n
        !            29: Do no copying; just report what would have been copied.
        !            30: .TP
        !            31: .B -t
        !            32: Copy only if a remote file is newer than the local file.
        !            33: .TP
        !            34: .B -f
        !            35: Interpret the following file as a list of files and directories
        !            36: to be handled.
        !            37: .TP
        !            38: .BR -d " prefix "
        !            39: Normally
        !            40: .I track
        !            41: copies from remote files with the same names as the local files.
        !            42: The
        !            43: .B -d
        !            44: option takes the next argument as a prefix for remote names;
        !            45: in constructing the remote name, the argument string that specifies
        !            46: the local file
        !            47: or directory is replaced by the prefix.
        !            48: directory.
        !            49: .TP
        !            50: .B -r
        !            51: This option causes
        !            52: .I track
        !            53: to act as the remote partner;
        !            54: it is invoked in this way on the other machine, and is not intended
        !            55: for use by humans.
        !            56: .PP
        !            57: .I Track
        !            58: has no special privileges.
        !            59: Files must be readable remotely and writable locally by the invoker.
        !            60: It attempts to set the time of modification of a copied file to that
        !            61: of the remote original;
        !            62: the attempt can succeed only if the invoker of the local file owns
        !            63: it or is the super-user.
        !            64: This feature matters only when random libraries (archives) are being
        !            65: copied, because the loader uses this time to determine whether the symbol
        !            66: table is up-to-date.
        !            67: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            68: .TP
        !            69: .L track -d /bin /usr/local/bin ikeya
        !            70: Copy files from the remote directory
        !            71: .L /bin
        !            72: to the local directory. 
        !            73: .L /usr/local/bin
        !            74: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            75: .IR push (1), 
        !            76: .IR cp (1), 
        !            77: .IR newer (1)

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