DNCOPYNODES(8)

DNCOPYNODES(8) 💖

okay bestie, so this one lives in the System Manager's Manual section (section 8, for the sysadmin girlies ✨), and it's called dncopynodes.

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✨ NAME ✨

dncopynodes — copy a list of nodes from a remote DEC system 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dncopynodes <nodename> [ldif-dn]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the tea: this program generates a decnet.conf file for you by reaching out and contacting a remote DECnet host (it's probably running VMS or RSX-11, ngl) and doing the equivalent of "NCP COPY KNOWN NODES". and the resulting file? you can absolutely copy it over your existing decnet.conf if that's the vibe you're going for. 🫶

the thing is, you do need a fully-functioning DECnet system before you use this command, but here's the slay part — you don't need any nodes other than the executor defined in decnet.conf. and dncopynodes will copy the executor information that's already there right into the new file. iconic behavior, honestly. 👑

the program copies its output to standard output. and listen, it is strongly recommended that you review it before replacing an existing /etc/decnet.conf file. like, please look at it first. 🙈

the node name can also be a node address, if you don't have any nodes defined in your existing decnet.conf. flexible queen. ✨

🚨 DO NOT attempt to redirect the output of dncopynodes directly into /etc/decnet.conf. it will fail and destroy your existing configuration file! that's not a drill bestie, that's a tragedy. send it to a temporary file and then copy it (see EXAMPLE below). 💀

dncopynodes can also create an LDIF file suitable for importing into an LDAP database. with dnprogs 2.48 or later, DECnet programs can query this for node address information. periodt. 💜

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🎀 EXAMPLE 🎀

# dncopynodes 3.34 > /tmp/decnet.conf
# dncopynodes 3.34 dc=example,dc=com > /tmp/decnet.ldif
# mv /tmp/decnet.conf /etc

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

decnet.conf(5), setether(8)

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and that's the whole page, no cap 💖 this came from the DECnet utilities girlies, version dated September 03 2008 — go forth and copy those nodes responsibly, mwah 🎀✨🦋