.TH RINSTALL 1 
.SH NAME
rinstall \- remotely install programs over the internet
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rinstall
[
.B \-bcrv
] [
.B \-afile
] [
.B \-ssys1,sys2...
]
file1 [file2] ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Rinstall will copy files to other systems on the internet and set them
up to be run by other users. It uses
.I rcmd
so
.I rshd
needs to be running for this to work. Rinstall won't allow
anyone to write anywhere they want; normal file permissions are followed
as if you were logged in on the remote system. The files on the command
line must be fully qualified (i.e. they must begin with a /).
.PP
Rinstall looks for the environment variable called SYSTEM and will use
the string it gets as the systems to install all files on. If this variable
doesn't exist, the string following the
.I -s
flag will be used.
Otherwise a default string will be used.
.PP
If the
.I -a
flag is used, the file following the flag will be appended to the
file list given on the command line. A - can be used to represent
standard input. The
.I -c
flag will return checksum information (as returned by the
.I sum
command) on all files. If
.I -b
is specified, a copy of the original file will be created with the
original name followed by a minus (-). This allows backup copies to be kept.
The
.I -r
flag will remove the files. The
.I -v
flag causes verbose output to be put on standard output.
.PP
Rinstall causes the remote system to run an install daemon. This daemon
is responsible for actually copying the file, setting its modes, etc.
.dt
.SH FILES
/etc/installd		install daemon
.br
/usr/lib/installd.log	audit trail
.br
.SH "SEE ALSO"
rcmd(3), rsh(1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS