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.\"	$Id: rshell.1,v 1.2 1997/06/09 21:10:07 wosch Exp $
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.Dd 3 June, 1997
.Dt RSHELL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rshell
.Nd a front end for rsh and rcp
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm 
.Op Ar rsh options 
.Ar hostalias
.Op Ar rsh args
.Nm rcopy
.Op Ar rcp options
.Ar hostalias:file
.Ar ...
.Ar directory
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is front end for
.Xr rsh 1
and
.Xr rcp 1 .
.Nm Rshell
read the host and username aliases from the configuration
file
.Pa $HOME/.rshellrc
with the following syntax:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
alias   <hostname alias> <full hostname>
.Ed
.Pp
or
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
alias   <host,host2,...> <email@hostname>
.Ed
.Pp
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following are examples of a typical usage
of the
.Nm rshell
command:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
$ rshell foo
.Ed
.Pp
which rshell
expand to `rsh -l wosch mail.foobar.com'
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
$ rcp foo:/etc/motd .
.Ed
.Pp
which rcopy
expand to `rcp wosch@mail.foobar.com:/etc/motd .'
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -compact
.It Pa $HOME/.rshellrc
Configuration file for
.Nm rshell
.El
.Sh "SEE ALSO"
.Xr rsh 1 ,
.Xr rcp 1 
.Sh AUTHOR
Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>.
.\" .Sh BUGS
.\" The actual code for this command is vaporware.