---
name: "prepareclient"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "systemimager-client"
version: "3.2.3-6sarge4"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/prepareclient"
---

# prepareclient(8)

prepare a golden client's image for retrieval

## NAME

prepareclient - prepare a golden client's image for retrieval

## SYNOPSIS

**prepareclient** \[ **-version** \] \[ **-h** \] \[ **-help** \] \[ **-n** \] \[ **-no-rsyncd** \] \[ **-q** \] \[ **-quiet** \] \[ **-r** \] \[ **-rpm-install** \] \[ **-yes** \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **prepareclient** command.

**prepareclient** is a program that prepares a golden client's image for extracting by an image server.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.  Only one option is taken.

- **-version**

  Display version and copyright information

- **-h, -help**

  Show summary of options

- **-n, -no-rsyncd**

  Do not start the rsync daemon

- **-q, -quiet**

  Run silently.  Return an exit status of 0 for success or a non-zero exit status for failure

- **-r, -rpm-install**

  This is only used when building an RPM

- **-yes**

  Answer yes to all yes/no questions

## SEE ALSO

[**updateclient**(8)](/updateclient/8.md)

More details can be found in the *SystemImager* *manual.*

## AUTHOR

This manual page was compiled by dann \<\<dannf@debian.org\>\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).