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.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
.
-.TH "CHEF-CLIENT" "8" "Chef 11.14" "" "chef-client"
+.TH "CHEF-CLIENT" "8" "Chef 11.16" "" "chef-client"
.SH NAME
chef-client \- The man page for the chef-client command line tool.
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-A chef\-client is an agent that runs locally on every node that is registered with the Chef server\&. When a chef\-client is run, it will perform all of the steps that are required to bring the node into the expected state, including:
+A chef\-client is an agent that runs locally on every node that is under management by Chef\&. When a chef\-client is run, it will perform all of the steps that are required to bring the node into the expected state, including:
.INDENT 0.0
.IP \(bu 2
Registering and authenticating the node with the Chef server
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ Taking the appropriate and required actions to configure the node
Looking for exceptions and notifications, handling each as required
.UNINDENT
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-\fBNOTE:\fP
-.INDENT 0.0
-.INDENT 3.5
-The chef\-client executable can be run as a daemon.
-.UNINDENT
-.UNINDENT
-.sp
The chef\-client executable is run as a command\-line tool.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
@@ -153,7 +146,7 @@ The location in which a process identification number (pid) is saved. An executa
Use to permanently replace the current run\-list with the specified run\-list items.
.TP
.B \fB\-R\fP, \fB\-\-enable\-reporting\fP
-Use to enable data collection reporting during a chef\-client run.
+Use to enable Chef reporting, which performs data collection during a chef\-client run.
.TP
.B \fBRECIPE_FILE\fP
The path to a recipe. For example, if a recipe file is in the current directory, use \fBrecipe_file.rb\fP\&. This is typically used with the \fB\-\-local\-mode\fP option.