debian man page for parallel-rsync

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:

       o   PSSH_HOSTS
       o   PSSH_USER
       o   PSSH_PAR
       o   PSSH_OUTDIR
       o   PSSH_VERBOSE
       o   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
	1. bnc@theether.org
	   mailto:bnc@theether.org

								    03/30/2009							 PARALLEL-RSYNC(1)