rdiff

NAME

SYNOPSIS

rdiff [ options ] [[user@]host:]file1 [[user@]host:]file2

rdiff [ options ] [user@]host:file1

rdiff [ options ] [[user@]host:]file1 [user@]host:

rdiff [ options ] [user@]host: [[user@]host:]file2

options ::= [ -l localuser ] [ diff_options ]

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

When not specifying a second remote file, it is compared with the related local file or vice versa.

Example:

  [ /opt/edrc/bin ]
  [ root@acme-008 ][*edrc*/bash]: rdiff acme-007:/etc/hosts

or

  [ /opt/edrc/bin ]
  [ root@acme-008 ][*edrc*/bash]: rdiff acme-007: /etc/hosts

will compare the files /etc/hosts from the system acme-007 with the local /etc/hosts file on the acme-008 system.

The example above is therefore equal to:

  [ /opt/edrc/bin ]
  [ root@acme-008 ][*edrc*/bash]: rdiff acme-007:/etc/hosts /etc/hosts

If the given file(s) are gziped (.gz) or bzip2ed (.bz2, .bz), the related uncompressed content is compared.

OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

[[user@]host:]file1

first remote- or local file.

[[user@]host:]file2

second remote- or local file.

When only specifying the first file, it is compared with the related local file.

-l localuser

use the local user localuser to initiate the connection.

diff_options

options of the diff(1) command.

See diff(1) for a description of the available diff options.

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

1

error(s) while processing the given file(s) occured.

4

usage printed.

FILES

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO

NOTES

BUGS

AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see edrc/doc/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.