RDIST tool notify option

[Vishal Ranjan]

Dear All,

I am using Rdist to replicate some directories from one AIX server (say ukblx157) to another AIX server (say ukapx063).
Rdist tool has a option called notify which sends mail after successfull completion of the replication activity & it also send mail in case of any error.
The problem with it is that the subject line of the alert mail generated is fixed (e.g. Files updated by rdist from ukblx157 to ukapx063)
I want to know is there any way/option to change this?

Regards,
Vishal

[AwadheshPandey]

http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V40G_HTML/MAN/MAN1/0305____.HTM

u need to change distfile

[Geoff Wild]

I use rdist - but notify like this:

Root cron:

# Copy prdadm across to the DR site.
05 01 * * * /app/admin/drp/update-binaries.sh



# cat /app/admin/drp/update-binaries.sh
#! /bin/sh

# Keep the DRP copy of the prdadm up-to-date.
# Currently the files are in:
#
# /home/prdadm/DR
#
# See the rdist(1M) distfile for a list of exclusions.

DRPDIR=/app/admin/drp
DRPHOST=svr031

HOST=`/usr/bin/uname -n`
PRD=`cmviewcl |grep prddbci |awk '{print $5}'`
if [ "$HOST" = "$PRD" ]
then
mount | grep /home > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
for vg in `ls -d /dev/vg6* |awk -F/ '{print $3}'`
do
/usr/sbin/vgexport -p -s -v -m /home/prdadm/DR/$vg.map /dev/$vg
done
cp -p /etc/cmcluster/PRDDBCI/prddbci.cntl /home/prdadm/DR/
cp -p /etc/cmcluster/PRDDBCI/prddbci.cntl.full /home/prdadm/DR/
cp -p /etc/cmcluster/PRDDBCI/prddbci.cntl.mountonly /home/prdadm/DR/
( su - prdadm -c "rdist -f $DRPDIR/distfile prdadm"; ) 2>&1 |\
tee $DRPDIR/drp.log 2>&1 |\
mailx -s "prdadm DRP rdist output" sysadm
fi
fi



# cat /app/admin/drp/distfile
PRDDR = ( svr031 )

#
# File systems to be copied over to the DR host.
# Don't use -R in install - so as not to remove files on destination host
PRDADM = /home/prdadm

prdadm: ( ${PRDADM} ) -> ( ${PRDDR} )
install -w ;



Rgds...Geoff