control_rancid(1)                                            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.

SEE ALSO
       rancid-run(1), rancid.conf(5), router.db(5)



                                5 October 2006               control_rancid(1)
