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PARALLEL-RSYNC(1) PARALLEL-RSYNC(1)

NAME

parallel-rsync - deploy files to listed hosts

SYNOPSIS

parallel-rsync [OPTIONS] -h hosts.txt local remote
 

DESCRIPTION

pssh provides a number of commands for executing against a group of computers, using SSH. It´s most useful for operating on clusters of homogenously-configured hosts.
 
parallel-rsync deploy files files to all hosts you listed.
 

OPTIONS

-r --recursive
recusively copy directories (OPTIONAL)
-a ----archive
use rsync -a (archive mode) (OPTIONAL)
-z --compress
use rsync compression (OPTIONAL)
-h --hosts
hosts file (each line "host[:port] [user]")
-l --user
username (OPTIONAL)
-p --par
max number of parallel threads (OPTIONAL)
-o --outdir
output directory for stdout files (OPTIONAL)
-e --errdir
output directory for stderr files (OPTIONAL)
-t --timeout
timeout (secs) (-1 = no timeout) per host (OPTIONAL)
-O --options
SSH options (OPTIONAL)
-v --verbose
turn on warning and diagnostic messages (OPTIONAL)

EXAMPLE

# parallel-rsync -r -h hosts.txt -l irb2 foo /home/irb2/foo

ENVIRONMENT

All four programs take similar sets of options. All of these options can be set using the following environment variables:
 
 
•PSSH_HOSTS
•PSSH_USER
•PSSH_PAR
•PSSH_OUTDIR
•PSSH_VERBOSE
•PSSH_OPTIONS

SEE ALSO

parallel-ssh(1), parallel-scp(1), parallel-slurp(1), parallel-nuke(1), ssh(1), rsync(1)
 

AUTHOR

Brent N. Chun <bnc@theether.org>
 

COPYING

Copyright: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Brent N. Chun
 

NOTES

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03/30/2009