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- README for ups - the package delivery system
-
- ups is a system (actually just two programs) for delivering files between
- users. It works just like mail, except that accepting delivery implies
- the movement of files. Basically, a user just types to the shell the
- following:
- ups user file1 file2 ...
- this will cause the files file1, file2, ... to be copied into a spool area
- and a mail message to be sent to 'user' informing them that there are files
- awaiting them in ups. To receive the files a user simply types 'ups' to
- the shell and gets a list of files which are awaiting delivery and is
- asked if they wish to accept delivery in the current directory.
-
- What's required
-
- ups was written for a 4.3bsd network of vaxes. It will probably work on
- a 2.9 or 4.2 system without a lot of work. Other machines will certainly
- require work.
-
- Installation
-
- 1) Add ups to the table of known ports in /etc/services as follows:
-
- ups 600/tcp
-
- 2) Add ups to the inetd configuration file /etc/inetd.conf:
-
- ups stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/lib/upsd upsd
-
- 3) Make ups and upsd by just saying "make all"
-
- 4) And finally install ups and upsd. We installed upsd in /usr/local/lib
- (as shown above) and this is where make install will put it.
- Install ups by just saying "make install"
-
- We also added a line to our standard .login file of the form: ups -q. This will
- inform users at login time if files are awaiting them.
-
-