[rancid] How to completely delete a device

[Андрей Фомин]

I'm very new to RANCID, CVS, SVN, etc... I've got a linux-server and a
rancid-service on it (actually it's a user with a crontab entry) to
retrieve config-changes from a ~60 Cisco devices.

Already deleted an ip address from router.db, but CVS-webpage still show
this device (especially when i hit 'show 5 dead files'). So, what else
should i do to completely remove this device?

I tried 'find /usr/local/rancid' -name '$ip-address-of-the-deleted-device'
and this shows nothing. On the other hand, i run 'grep -nR
'$ip-address-of-the-deleted-device' /usr/local/rancid/' and receive some
info that was found mainly in 2 files:

/usr/local/rancid/var/CVS/CVSROOT/history
/usr/local/rancid/var/CVS/network/router.db,v


It's very hard to remove line by line from this files, that are concerning
my deleted device. Is there any way to completely remove a device?

There are plenty of topics how to delete a group. I'm not sure what a group
is - i guess it's a collection of all the devices (in my case - 60 Cisco
routers and switches). I don't need to delete a whole group - only a device
within this group.


PS: maybe anyone can give me brief description... what are files with the
'...,v' for?


Thanks

[heasley]

Post by Андрей Фомин
I'm very new to RANCID, CVS, SVN, etc... I've got a linux-server and a
rancid-service on it (actually it's a user with a crontab entry) to
retrieve config-changes from a ~60 Cisco devices.
Already deleted an ip address from router.db, but CVS-webpage still show
this device (especially when i hit 'show 5 dead files'). So, what else
should i do to completely remove this device?
I tried 'find /usr/local/rancid' -name '$ip-address-of-the-deleted-device'
and this shows nothing. On the other hand, i run 'grep -nR
'$ip-address-of-the-deleted-device' /usr/local/rancid/' and receive some
/usr/local/rancid/var/CVS/CVSROOT/history
/usr/local/rancid/var/CVS/network/router.db,v

my advice is that if you dont want to see the delete router - they're in a
separate directory, the attic, so dont look. and do not mess with the SCM
files; youre asking for trouble.

Post by Андрей Фомин
It's very hard to remove line by line from this files, that are concerning
my deleted device. Is there any way to completely remove a device?
There are plenty of topics how to delete a group. I'm not sure what a group
is - i guess it's a collection of all the devices (in my case - 60 Cisco
routers and switches). I don't need to delete a whole group - only a device
within this group.

a group in rancid terms is a member of rancid.conf:LIST_OF_GROUPS