"What is rdist?", from the FreeBSD Journal https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/configuration-management-2/rdist/
and of from my favorite techy title ever, "rdist(1) - when Ansible is too much" (https://openbsd.amsterdam/blog/rdist-1-when-ansible-is-too-much.html), by @mischa
rdist | FreeBSD Foundation
rdist rdist By Cy Schubert What is RDIST? To quote the man page, “rdist is a program to maintain identical copies of files over multiple hosts.” rdist is a general-purpose tool that can be utilized for multiple purposes, such as maintaining consistent copies of files across the network, like rsync and unison do, or as