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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DIST 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: dist \(mi distribute files to remote systems
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .\".BI "dist [ " system " | -[Ff] " file " ] [ -n ] " files
        !             6: .BI "dist [ " system " | -[Ff] " file " ] " files
        !             7: .PP
        !             8: .B "dist -q ["
        !             9: .I system
        !            10: .B "| -[Ff]"
        !            11: .I file
        !            12: .B "]"
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .B "dist -r ["
        !            15: .I system
        !            16: .B "| -[Ff]"
        !            17: .I file
        !            18: .B "]"
        !            19: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            20: .I Dist
        !            21: distributes files to other systems, where they are installed
        !            22: under the same names.
        !            23: .I Dist
        !            24: operates by packaging the files with
        !            25: .IR mkpkg (1),
        !            26: and queuing the resulting package in a spool directory to be
        !            27: picked up by the remote systems.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: The remote systems' names are given as a single argument, containing
        !            30: the system names (in the format of
        !            31: .IR ipc (3))
        !            32: separated by white space; alternatively, the
        !            33: .B -f
        !            34: option may be used to specify a file containing a list of system names.
        !            35: The
        !            36: .B -F
        !            37: option is identical to
        !            38: .B -f
        !            39: except
        !            40: .I dist
        !            41: looks for the file in a standard directory.
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: The
        !            44: .I dist
        !            45: command has two forms of use.  In the first form,
        !            46: .I dist
        !            47: packages a group of files and queues them for transmission.
        !            48: .\"If the
        !            49: .\".B -n
        !            50: .\"option is specified, the remote systems are notified that the package
        !            51: .\"is available.
        !            52: The
        !            53: .I file
        !            54: arguments may be either file names or options for
        !            55: .IR mkpkg (1).
        !            56: .PP
        !            57: When 
        !            58: .B -q
        !            59: is given,
        !            60: .I dist
        !            61: queries the named systems and displays the contents of their transmission
        !            62: queues; if no systems are given the local queue is displayed
        !            63: by default.
        !            64: .PP
        !            65: When
        !            66: .B -r
        !            67: is given,
        !            68: .I dist
        !            69: calls the named system and installs any packages it has queued for
        !            70: the local system.
        !            71: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            72: Distribute a new binary for grep to all vaxes:
        !            73: .IP
        !            74: .B "dist -F vaxes /bin/grep"
        !            75: .SH FILES
        !            76: .B /usr/lib/dist/*
        !            77: .br
        !            78: .B /usr/lib/dist/destinations/*
        !            79: .br
        !            80: .B /usr/spool/dist/*
        !            81: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            82: .IR mkpkg (1),
        !            83: .IR dist (5),
        !            84: .IR dist (8)

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