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What can it do?

With Rocon you can:

run a command on several systems in series
use complex expressions to select on which systems the command should be run; e.g. (LinuxHosts or WebServerHosts) and not DebianHosts

What does it consist of?

Rocon consists of:

a single command

What has it been tested on?

Rocon has been tested on:

Debian GNU/Linux 1.3-6.0.3

but it should work on all Unix-like operating systems.

What are its prerequisites?

Rocon requires:

Documentation

rocon(1)

Debian installation

If not already done, configure access to this repository as described at ahuxley-keyring.
Run:
```
apt-get install rocon 
```

Downloads

version	released	version description	file	file description
2.1.5	17/01/2012	latest stable	rocon-2.1.5.tar.gz	source
			rocon_2.1.5-1_all.deb	Debian package
			rocon-2.1.5-2.noarch.rpm	RPM

Bugs and change requests

id	filed	description	response	status
ROCON#001	21/10/2009	'-' allowed in hostnames but not accepted by rocon	implement z-encoding	fixed in 1.99.1
ROCON#002	21/10/2009	`rocon -vF /dev/null -m sadsafd` causes SQL error	should be trapped	fixed in 1.99.6
ROCON#003	21/10/2009	unresolvable but mentioned-in-config-file hosts cause SQL error	not repeatable	rejected
ROCON#004	21/10/2009	`bsfr check rocon` fails	it is okay; user error	rejected
ROCON#005	21/10/2009	`adeinst -D` called without arguments on Rocon's `make install` giving usage error	delete FAD custom targets from top-level Makefile acquired during cloning	fixed in 1.99.3
ROCON#006	27/10/2009	hostgroups cannot be named after SQL keywords	this is intrinsic to expression parsing	won't fix
ROCON#007	02/11/2009	hostname 'Z02' is not correctly Z-encoded and presumably has decode problems also	should write regression test, verify failure, correct zencode() func, retest	fixed in 1.99.6
ROCON#008	09/11/2009	`rocon -c "cat /etc/redhat-release" "ScientificLinux43Hosts and ( acblade1 )"` `SQL error: near "acblade1": syntax error`		fixed in 1.99.6
ROCON#009	10/11/2009	need timeout support for `-c` option		fixed in 1.99.7
ROCON#010	30/11/2009	remote command stderr not coming to stderr but to stdout		fixed in 1.99.7
ROCON#011	30/11/2009	need `-q` option to produce no output line if no remote output produced		fixed in 1.99.7
ROCON#012	01/12/2009	commands in `-c <cmd>` can't be as complicated as normal; e.g. backquotes don't work	investigate string protection and evaluation sequence	fixed in 1.99.7
ROCON#013	04/12/2009	remove legacy support for + and - selector format		fixed in 1.99.7
ROCON#014	04/01/2010	pty warning on some systems with -c option	need explicit -T option to ssh	fixed before 2.0.3
ROCON#015	04/01/2010	.profile is executed	due to invoking `ssh <host>` without command; invoke \\\$SHELL	fixed before 2.0.3
ROCON#016	04/03/2010	KevinMaguire reports some change to `-q` behaviour needed to suppress hostname but leave command output	proposal in idea.mbx	open
ROCON#017	28/06/2010	TimEdwards requests that errmsg regarding 'invalid hostgroup' updated to include possiblility that SQL cache is corrupt	should ensure SQL cache not corrupted	rejected
ROCON#018	29/06/2010	SQL cache not refreshed if /etc/rocon.conf is a symlink	all `stat -c %Y ...` should be `stat -L -c %Y ...`	fixed in 2.0.2
ROCON#019	02/08/2010	rocon-check very slow to respond to CTRL-C		open
ROCON#020	29/01/2011	rocon defines a function called read()! Rename this!		open
ROCON#021	12/02/2011	support for individual config lines in per-host files in /etc/rocon.conf.d/ would ease automated adding of new clients		open

Copyright

Rocon is (C) AlexisHuxley 1995-2012 and is distributed under the terms of the GPL.

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