Where should special command be placed in rdist script file?

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Issue

  • Where should special command be placed in rdist script file?

    An example below does not work as expected.

    # cat /tmp/distfile
HOSTB=testhost

TESTA=/tmp/testa.txt
TESTB=/tmp/testb.txt

cmd1a:
${TESTA} -> ${HOSTB}
 install -R;
${TESTB} -> ${HOSTB}
 install -R;
special /tmp/testa.txt "/bin/touch /tmp/testb.txt.txt"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • rdist

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