Exec

~~The exec subcommand can do some things that the configuration file can’t do yet. The command exec host can execute commands on many hosts.~~

Info

For now only the exec host sub-command is implemented. More to come.

Warning

The config file’s hosts are overridden by this command. Hooks are not altered. For consistent results, create a local config file with only the hosts you want to use.

exec host takes the following arguments:

  -c, --command stringArray   Accepts space-separated names of commands. Specify multiple times for multiple commands.
  -h, --help                  help for host
  -m, --hosts stringArray     Accepts space-separated names of hosts. Specify multiple times for multiple hosts.

The commands have to be defined in the config file. The hosts need to at least be in the ssh_config(5) file.

backy exec host [--commands=command1 -commands=command2 ... | -c command1 -c command2 ...] [--hosts=host1 --hosts=hosts2 ... | -m host1 -m host2 ...]  [flags]