uudemon.poll(1M)                                 uudemon.poll(1M)



NAME
     uudemon.poll - sets up polling for selected systems

SYNOPSIS
     uudemon.poll

DESCRIPTION
     uudemon.poll is a shell script that should be run on a
     regular basis if uucp is in use on your system. Usually
     uudemon.poll is run before the uudemon.hour script, and both
     scripts are run at least twice an hour by cron.

     For each system that needs polling, as specified by the file
     /usr/lib/uucp/Poll, uudemon.poll creates a Z grade work file
     in /usr/spool/uucp.  This workfile is named
     /usr/spool/uucp/system/Z/C.systemZ0000 , where the value of
     system is the system's name as specified in
     /usr/lib/uucp/Poll.  The work file is empty, and its only
     purpose is to cause uucico to call the remote system to see
     if that system has any work for the local system.  If the
     polled system never calls the local system, the polled
     system is known as a passive system.

     The /usr/lib/uucp/Poll file contains a line for each system
     to be polled.  Here is the format:

        system<tab>hour ...

     The value of system is the name of the system to poll, and
     it must be followed by an ASCII tab character, not a space.
     The value of hour is an integer that specifies the hour to
     call, using a 24-hour clock. If you specify more than one
     hour argument, each must be separated from the next by a
     space character.

EXAMPLES
     This entry in /usr/lib/uucp/Poll causes uudemon.poll to poll
     the system sparkie every 2 hours starting at midnight:

        sparkie   0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22

     This entry causes uudemon.poll to poll the system alpha
     every 4 hours starting at 1 a.m.:

        alpha     1 5 9 13 17 21

     This entry in the /usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp file runs
     uudemon.poll at 1 minute and 30 minutes after the hour:

     1,30 * * * * /usr/lib/uucp/uudemon.poll > /dev/null 2>&1





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uudemon.poll(1M)                                 uudemon.poll(1M)



FILES
     /usr/lib/uucp/Poll
          File containing polling information
     /usr/lib/uucp/uudemon.poll
          Executable file
     /usr/spool/uucp
          Directory of uucp work files
     /usr/spool/uucppublic
          Directory of uucp public files
SEE ALSO
     uucico(1M), uudemon.hour(1M)












































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