uucp

NAME

SYNOPSIS

uucp [ options ] source-file... destination-directory  

DESCRIPTION

system!path

which is interpreted as being on a remote system. In the first form, the contents of the first file are copied to the second. In the second form, each source file is copied into the destination directory.

A file be transferred to or from system2 via system1 by using

system1!system2!path.

Any pathname that does not begin with / or ~ will be appended to the current directory (unless the -W option is used); this resulting path will not necessarily exist on a remote system. A pathname beginning with a simple ~ starts at the UUCP public directory; a pathname beginning with ~name starts at the home directory of the named user. The ~ is interpreted on the appropriate system. Note that some shells will interpret a simple ~ to the local home directory before uucp sees it; to avoid this the ~ must be quoted.

Shell metacharacters ? * [ ] are interpreted on the appropriate system, assuming they are quoted to prevent the shell from interpreting them first.

The copy does not take place immediately, but is queued up for the uucico (8) daemon; the daemon is started immediately unless the -r switch is given. In any case, the next time the remote system is called the file(s) will be copied.  

OPTIONS

-c

Do not copy local source files to the spool directory. If they are removed before being processed by the uucico (8) daemon, the copy will fail. The files must be readable by the uucico (8) daemon, and by the invoking user.

-C

Copy local source files to the spool directory. This is the default.

-d

Create all necessary directories when doing the copy. This is the default.

-f

If any necessary directories do not exist for the destination path, abort the copy.

-g grade

Set the grade of the file transfer command. Jobs of a higher grade are executed first. Grades run 0 ... 9 A ... Z a ... z from high to low.

-m

Report completion or failure of the file transfer by mail (1).

-n user

Report completion or failure of the file transfer by mail (1) to the named user on the remote system.

-r

Do not start uucico (8) daemon immediately; merely queue up the file transfer for later execution.

-j

Print jobid on standard output. The job may be later cancelled by passing the jobid to the -k switch of uustat (1). It is possible for some complex operations to produce more than one jobid, in which case each will be printed on a separate line. For example uucp sys1!~user1/file1 sys2!~user2/file2 /usr/spool/uucppublic will generate two separate jobs, one for the system sys1 and one for the system sys2.

-W

Do not prepend remote relative path names with the current directory.

-x type

Turn on particular debugging types. The following types are recognized: abnormal, chat, handshake, uucp-proto, proto, port, config, spooldir, execute, incoming, outgoing. Only abnormal, config, spooldir and execute are meaningful for uucp.

Multiple types may be given, separated by commas, and the -x option may appear multiple times. A number may also be given, which will turn on that many types from the foregoing list; for example, -x 2 is equivalent to -x abnormal,chat.

-I file

Set configuration file to use. This option may not be available, depending upon how uucp was compiled.

FILES

/usr/lib/uucp/config - Configuration file.
/usr/spool/uucp - UUCP spool directory.
/usr/spool/uucp/Log - UUCP log file.
/usr/spool/uucppublic - Default UUCP public directory.  

SEE ALSO

BUGS

The -n and -m switches do not work when transferring a file from one remote system to another.

File modes are not preserved, except for the execute bit. The resulting file is owned by the uucp user.  

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