Appendix A. Command Line Config Management Tools 133A.2.4. Differentiating between Various VersionsTo compare different versions of a file across channels and revisions, use the -r flag to indicate whichrevision of the file should be compared and the -n flag to identify the two channels to be checked.Refer to Section A.2.11 Determining the Number of File Revisions for related instructions. Note thatyou specify only one filename here, since you’re comparing the file against another version of itself,such as:rhncfg-manager diff-revisions-n=channel-label1-r=1-n=channel-label2-r=1/path/to/file.txtYou should see output resembling:--- /tmp/dest_path/foo.txt 2004-01-13 14:36:41 configchannel: blah2 revision: 1--- /tmp/dest_path/foo.txt 2004-01-13 14:42:42 configchannel: blah3 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-----A.2.5. Downloading All Files in a ChannelTo download all the files in a channel to disk, create a directory and issue the command:rhncfg-manager download-channel channel-label --topdir .You should see output resembling:Copying /tmp/dest_path/foo.txt -> blah2/tmp/dest_path/foo.txtA.2.6. Getting the Contents of a FileTo get the contents of a particular file to stdout, issue the command:rhncfg-manager get--channel=channel-label/tmp/dest_path/foo.txtYou should see the contents of the file as output.
