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authorTar Committer <tar@ocjtech.us>2004-03-14 17:00:09 +0000
committerTar Committer <tar@ocjtech.us>2004-03-14 17:00:09 +0000
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@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@ may be specified multiple times.
.\"
.TP
.B \-r device_name
-Specify the name, as it appears in a group's router.db, of a particular
-device to collect and generate diffs for. The device must be marked "up".
-If a group is not specified on the command-line, rancid will be run
-against any group in which the device_name appears.
+Run rancid for a single device,
+.IR device_name .
+.IR device_name
+should be name, as it appears in a group's router.db. The device must be
+marked "up". If a group is not specified on the command-line, rancid will
+be run against any group in which the device_name appears.
.sp
The
.B \-r
@@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ utilizes the following environment variables from
.\"
.TP
.B BASEDIR
-Location of group directories, etc.
+Location of group directories, etc. This is set to the "localstatedir"
+by the configure script at installation time.
.\"
.TP
.B LIST_OF_GROUPS
@@ -106,11 +109,11 @@ If rancid fails to run or collect a device's configuration, the particular
group's log file (mentioned above) should be consulted. Any errors produced
by
.BR cvs (1)
-or any of the rancid scripts should be included, whether they be a botched
-cvs tree, login authentication failure, rancid configuration error, etc. If
-the log file produces no clues, the next debugging step should be run the
-commands manually. For example, can the user who runs rancid login to the
-device with 'clogin hostname', and so on.
+or any of the rancid scripts should be included there, whether they be a
+botched cvs tree, login authentication failure, rancid configuration error,
+etc. If the log file produces no clues, the next debugging step should be
+run the commands manually. For example, can the user who runs rancid login
+to the device with 'clogin hostname', and so on.
.BR
.SH FILES
.TP