In some regards rdist is possibly more powerful/flexible than rsync with its built in support for post-processing scripts. For example, I find it extremely useful for keeping CARP firewalls in sync while allowing for administrative changes to either.
On 7 Mar 2016 at 11:18, Michael Kennett wrote: > I use rdist (triggered from /etc/daily), but the standard build does have > limitations and can dump core in some circumstances (refer > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=141551244520320&w=2). > > My use of it is to maintain a shadow boot partition, and to copy selected > files onto a separate server. Whilst it is less powerful than rsync it is > nice (in my view) to have a tool like this in the standard distribution. > > Cheers, Michael > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Alexander Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >On 03/06/16 00:12, Philip Guenther wrote: > > >> Anyone still *using* rdist? > > > > I really try to use it to sync my ~ dotfiles but the configuration is as > > intuitive as that of sudo. > > > > As much as I like having that kind of tool in base, maybe it isn't all > > that useful anymore. > > > > /Alexander > > > > >> > > >> > > >> Philip Guenther > > >> > > >/etc/daily > > > > > >if configured to do so that is. > > > > >
