Information about the package, rdist, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rdist package is designed for, Maintains identical copies of files on multiple machines..
Package Name:
rdist
Summary:
Maintains identical copies of files on multiple machines.
Description:
The RDist program maintains identical copies of files on multiple hosts. If possible, RDist will preserve the owner, group, mode and mtime of files and it can update programs that are executing. Install rdist if you need to maintain identical copies of files on multiple hosts.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.1.5
Release:
49.el6
Size:
89 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the rdist package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rdist
This command will install rdist on the server.
yum remove rdist
This command will un-install rdist on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rdist, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rdist
This command will un-install rdist on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rdist when using the -y flag.
yum update rdist
This command will update rdist to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rdist, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rdist
This command will update rdist to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rdist when using the -y flag.
yum info rdist
This command will show you core information about the rdist package.
yum deplist rdist
This command will show you the dependencies for rdist. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update rdist
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rdist. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.