control_rancid(1)
NAME
control_rancid - run rancid for devices of a group
SYNOPSIS
control_rancid [-V] [-m mail_rcpt] [-r device_name] group
DESCRIPTION
control_rancid is a sh(1) script to parse a group's router.db(5), run
rancid for each of the devices, possibly re-run rancid for devices that
failed collection, e-mail diffs, and e-mail error reports.
The command-line options are as follows:
-V Prints package name and version strings.
- -m mail_rcpt
- Specify the recipient of diff mail, which is normally rancid-<group>. The argument may be a single address, multiple comma separated addresses, or -m may be specified multiple times.
- -r device_name
- Specify the name, as it appears in the router.db, of a particular device to collect and generate diffs for. The device must be marked "up".
- The -r option alters the subject line of the diff mail. It will begin with <group name>/<device name> rather than just the group name alone.
- control_rancid is normally (and best) run via rancid-run(1) which provides a locking mechanism on a group basis and saves output in a log file for each group.