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.\"
-.\" $Id: rancid_intro.1,v 1.27 2004/01/11 00:43:19 heas Exp $
+.\" $Id: rancid_intro.1,v 1.30 2006/11/23 20:26:49 heas Exp $
.\"
.hys 50
-.TH "rancid_intro" "1" "7 Jan 2004"
+.TH "rancid_intro" "1" "23 November 2006"
.SH NAME
rancid_intro \- introduction to the Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ
.SH INTRODUCTION
.B rancid
is really more than just a Cisco configuration differ. It handles several
different device's configurations; currently including Alteon, Bay Networks
-(Nortel), Cisco, Extreme, Force10, Foundry, HP Procurve switches, Juniper
-Routers and edge (ERX) routers, Redback, MRTd daemon, Lucent TNT, Netscalar
-load balancers, Netscreen firewalls, Zebra routing software, and the
-ADC-Kentrox EZ-T3 mux.
+(Nortel), Cisco, Cisco AGM, Extreme, Force10, Foundry, HP Procurve switches,
+Juniper Routers and edge (ERX) routers, Redback, MRTd daemon, Lucent TNT,
+Netscalar load balancers, Netscreen firewalls, Zebra routing software, and
+the ADC-Kentrox EZ-T3 mux.
.PP
.B rancid
uses an expect script to login to each of a list of devices and run a set of
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ will also include any differences of the device list in the group's
configuration file,
.IR "router.db".
.PP
-Lastly, all the updated files are checked into the CVS repository.
+Lastly, all the updated files are checked into the revision control system
+(CVS or Subversion).
.PP
-Additional utilities, including a looking glass, can be found under
-the util sub-directory.
+Additional utilities, including a looking glass, come with rancid. See
+rancid's share directory (
+.IR share/rancid ).
.SH "EXAMPLE E-MAIL"
Below is a sample of a uni-diff produced from the group "shrubbery"
for the device named dfw.shrubbery.net, which happens to be a Cisco GSR.
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ below or follow the basic instructions included in the README file.
See http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid for information on new versions,
mail lists, etc.
.SH "ADDING NEW GROUPS"
-Follow this procdure for adding new groups:
+Follow this procedure for adding new groups:
.TP
o
Update the