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Note in manpage how extraneous output in initialization scripts

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can cause rdist to fail.

PR:		bin/4954
Reviewed by:	wollman
Submitted by:	jhs
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Steve Price 1997-11-16 13:26:03 +00:00
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@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
.Nm rdist
.Nd remote file distribution program
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rdist
.Nm
.Op Fl nqbRhivwy
.Op Fl P Ar rshcmd
.Op Fl f Ar distfile
.Op Fl d Ar var=value
.Op Fl m Ar host
.Op Ar name ...
.Nm rdist
.Nm
.Op Fl nqbRhivwy
.Op Fl P Ar rshcmd
.Fl c
@ -402,6 +402,21 @@ A complaint about mismatch of
.Nm
version numbers may really stem
from some problem with starting your shell, e.g., you are in too many groups.
.Pp
.Nm Rdist
relies on
.Xr rcmd 3
type remote services executing successfully and in silence.
A common error is for non-interactive initialization scripts, like
.Pa .cshrc ,
to generate output (or to run other programs which generate output
when not attached to a terminal -- the most frequent offender is
.Xr stty 1 ) .
This extra output will cause
.Nm
to fail with the error message:
.Pp
.Dl rdist: connection failed: version numbers don't match
.Sh BUGS
Source files must reside on the local host where
.Nm