NAME

       rancid-run - run rancid for each of the groups

SYNOPSIS

       rancid-run [-V] [-c commit_msg] [-f rancid.conf] [-m mail_rcpt] [-r device_name] [group [group ...]]

DESCRIPTION

       rancid-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 /var/lib/rancid.

       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.

       -c commit_msg
              Specify an alternative SCM commit message.

       -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.

ENVIRONMENT

       rancid-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 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 ALSO

       control_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).

                                                22 December 2016                                   rancid-run(1)