rancid-run(1)rancid-run(1)NAMErancid-run - run rancid for each of the groups
SYNOPSISrancid-run [-V] [-f rancid.conf] [-f ran‐
cid.conf] [-m mail_rcpt] [-r device_name] [group [group ...]]
DESCRIPTIONrancid-run is a sh(1) script to run rancid(1) for a set of rancid
group(s).
rancid-run reads rancid.conf(5) to configure itself, then uses
control_rancid(1) to run rancid(1) for each rancid group. The set of
rancid groups can either be provided as command-line arguments or via
the LIST_OF_GROUPS variable in rancid.conf(5), if the group argument is
omitted.
A lock file is maintained per-group to prevent simultaneous runs for a
given group by rancid-run(1). The lock file will be named
.<group>.run.lock and will be located in $TMPDIR (see below).
A log file is produced under $LOGDIR/logs for each rancid group
processed. The file name will be <group>.YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS (year month
day . hour minute second).
rancid-run is normally used to run rancid from cron(8). For example:
0 * * * * /usr/local/rancid/bin/rancid-run
The command-line options are as follows:
-V Prints package name and version strings.
-f rancid.conf
Specify an alternate configuration file.
-m mail_rcpt
Specify the recipient of diff mail, which is normally
rancid-<group>. The argument may be a single address, multiple
comma separated addresses, or -m may be specified multiple
times.
-r device_name
Run rancid for a single device, device_name. 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.
The -r option alters the subject line of the diff mail. It will
begin with <group name>/<device name> rather than just the group
name alone.
ENVIRONMENTrancid-run utilizes the following environment variables from
rancid.conf(5).
BASEDIR
Location of group directories, etc. This is set to the
"localstatedir" by the configure script at installation time.
LIST_OF_GROUPS
List of rancid groups to collect.
PATH Search path for utilities.
TMPDIR Directory to hold temporary and lock files.
ERRORS
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 the revision control system (CVS, Subversion, or
git) 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.
FILES
$BASEDIR/etc/rancid.conf
rancid-run configuration file.
SEE ALSOcontrol_rancid(1), rancid.conf(5), router.db(5)CAVEATS
DO NOT leave temporary files in the <group name>/configs directory,
they WILL be removed by control_rancid(1).
17 December 2014 rancid-run(1)
