--- fanout.orig
+++ fanout
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 #Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
 #GPL'd, of course.
 #Version 0.6.1, 8/7/2002
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 	echo "Usage:"											>/dev/stderr
 	echo "  $0 \"MACHINES\" \"commands and parameters to run on each machine\""			>/dev/stderr
 	echo "  $0 -h	#Show this help"								>/dev/stderr
+	echo "  $0 --noping	# Do not ping before running command"								>/dev/stderr
 	echo												>/dev/stderr
 	echo "Examples:"										>/dev/stderr
 	echo "  fanout \"wstearns@localhost localhost anotherhost.someplace.net\" \\"			>/dev/stderr
@@ -38,8 +39,7 @@
 	echo												>/dev/stderr
 	echo "  export SERVERS=\"web1 web2 mail\""							>/dev/stderr
 	echo "  fanout \"\$SERVERS \" \"uname -a ; ( if [ -f /var/log/dmesg ]; then \\"			>/dev/stderr
-	echo "   cat /var/log/dmesg ; else dmesg ; fi ) | egrep -i '(hd[a-h]|sd[a-h])' ; ls -al \\"	>/dev/stderr
-	echo "   /proc/kcore ; cat /proc/cpuinfo\" >serverspecs"					>/dev/stderr
+	echo "   cat /var/log/dmesg ; else dmesg ; fi ) | egrep -i '(hd[a-h]|sd[a-h])' "	>/dev/stderr
 	exit
 }
 
@@ -65,20 +65,11 @@
 		;;
 	esac
 
-	if type -path mktemp >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
-		TMPFILE=`mktemp -q /tmp/fanout.XXXXXX`
-		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-			echo "$0: Can't create temp file ${TMPFILE}." >/dev/stderr
-			exit 1
-		fi
-	else
-		TMPFILE="/tmp/fanout.$MYPID.$ONETARGET.$RANDOM"
-		touch $TMPFILE
+	TMPFILE=`mktemp -q /tmp/fanout.XXXXXX`
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 			echo "$0: Can't create temp file ${TMPFILE}." >/dev/stderr
 			exit 1
 		fi
-	fi
 	OUTFILES="$OUTFILES $TMPFILE"						#Remember the filename for later display, cleanup
 	if [ "$PING" = "NO" ] || ping -c 3 $ONEMACH >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
 		echo Starting $ONETARGET >/dev/stderr				#Machine is reachable