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1.1       root        1: .TH DIST 5
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: dist \(mi spool directory structure for
                      4: .B dist
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .ds sd /usr/spool/dist
                      7: .B \*(sd/Q.*/
                      8: .PP
                      9: .B \*(sd/Q.*/ctl
                     10: .PP
                     11: .B \*(sd/Q.*/data
                     12: .PP
                     13: .B \*(sd/Q.*/files
                     14: .PP
                     15: .B \*(sd/Q.*/[1-9]*.busy
                     16: .PP
                     17: .B \*(sd/Q.*/[1-9]*.done
                     18: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     19: The
                     20: .I dist
                     21: spool directory contains distributions queued for transmission
                     22: to remote systems, and is also used as the working directory when
                     23: unpacking distributions received from remote systems.
                     24: .PP
                     25: Each job has its own subdirectory
                     26: of the spool directory.  Several files with conventional names
                     27: appear in this per-job directory, as well as files with
                     28: generated names containing status information for each remote
                     29: system in the job.
                     30: .PP
                     31: The files in a job's spool directory include:
                     32: .TP
                     33: .B ctl
                     34: The control file contains a list of identifying numbers
                     35: and remote system names.  The identifying number
                     36: is used in file names containing status information for corresponding
                     37: remote system, since network names may not be legal file names.
                     38: The file contains a sequence of lines; each line contains
                     39: an identifying number, a space, and the corresponding remote system name.
                     40: .TP
                     41: .B data
                     42: The data file contains the output of
                     43: .IR mkpkg (1)
                     44: for the distribution.
                     45: .TP
                     46: .B files
                     47: A list of file names specified in the command line
                     48: that created the job.  This is mainly used as a key
                     49: for superseding jobs:  if a new job is created that
                     50: contains a superset of the files of some old
                     51: job, the old job is marked as completed for all remote
                     52: systems it has in common with the new job.
                     53: .TP
                     54: .B [1-9]*.busy
                     55: An empty lock file indicating that the identified system
                     56: is currently receiving the distribution.
                     57: .TP
                     58: .B [1-9]*.done
                     59: Status file indicating that the identified system is
                     60: finished with the distribution.  This file is empty
                     61: if and only if the distribution was successfully installed;
                     62: otherwise it contains any error messages from the remote
                     63: system.
                     64: .SH FILES
                     65: .B \*(sd/*
                     66: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     67: .IR dist (1),
                     68: .IR dist (8)

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