Differentiating Between Various Versions; Downloading All Files In A Channel; Getting The Contents Of A File - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 Reference Manual

B.3.4. Differentiating between Various Versions
To compare different versions of a file across channels and revisions, use the -r flag to indicate
which revision of the file should be compared and the -n flag to identify the two channels to be
Section B.3.11, "Determining the Number of File Revisions"
checked. Refer to
Specify only one file name here, since you are comparing the file against another version of itself. For
example:
rhncfg-manager diff-revisions -n=channel-label1-r=1-n=channel-label2-r=1/path/to/file.txt
The output resembles the following:
--- /tmp/dest_path/example-config.txt 2004-01-13 14:36:41 \ config channel: example-channel2
revision: 1 --- /tmp/dest_path/example-config.txt 2004-01-13 14:42:42 \ config channel:
example-channel3 revision: 1 @@ -1 +1,20 @@ -foo +blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah +-----BEGIN PGP
SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) +Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org
+ +iD8DBQA9ZY6vse4XmfJPGwgRAsHcAJ9ud9dabUcdscdcqB8AZP7e0Fua0NmKsdhQCeOWHX +VsDTfen2NWdwwPaTM
+S+Cow= +=Ltp2 +-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
The following table lists the options available for rhncfg-manager diff-revisions:
Option
-cCHANNEL, --channel=CHANNEL
-rREVISION, --revision=REVISION
-h, --help
Table B.6. rhncfg-manager diff-revisions options
B.3.5. Downloading All Files in a Channel
To download all the files in a channel to disk, create a directory and issue the following command:
rhncfg-manager download-channel channel-label --topdir .
The output resembles the following:
Copying /tmp/dest_path/example-config.txt -> \ blah2/tmp/dest_path/example-config.txt
The following table lists the options available for rhncfg-manager download-channel:
Option
-tTOPDIR, --topdir=TOPDIR
-h, --help
Table B.7. rhncfg-manager download-channel options
B.3.6. Getting the Contents of a File
To direct the contents of a particular file to stdout, issue the command:

Differentiating between Various Versions

Description
Use this config channel
Use this revision
Show help message and exit
Description
Directory all the file paths are relative to. This option
must be set.
Show help message and exit
for related instructions.
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