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uucleanup
PURPOSE
Deletes selected files older than a specified number of days from the BNU spool
directory or a named directory.
SYNTAX
+-----------+
+-------------| |--------+
| +- -C time -+ | +-----------+
uucleanup ---| |---| |--->
| +----------------------------+ | +- -D time -+
+---| +-------------+ |-+
+- -W time --| |-+
+- -m string -+
+-----------+ +-----------+ +-------------+ +-------------+
>---| |---| |---| |---| |---|
+- -X time -+ +- -o time -+ +- -s system -+ +-- -T time --+
Warning: See restrictions, Chapter 18, AIX Programming Tools and Interfaces.
DESCRIPTION
The Basic Networking Utilities (BNU) program uucleanup scans the spool
directory (/usr/spool/uucp) for old files and takes appropriate action to
remove them in a useful way. Used primarily by the BNU program administrator,
uucleanup performs the following tasks:
o Informs the requester of send/receive requests for systems that cannot be
reached
o Warns users about requests that have been waiting for a given number of
days; the default is 1 day
o Returns mail that cannot be delivered to the sender
o Removes all other files older than a specified number of days from the
spool directory.
The uucleanup program is started by the shell uudemon.cleanup, located in
/usr/adm/uucp, which in turn is started by the cron script, located in
/usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp. In general, uucleanup is executed
automatically. You can also start the uucleanup program manually if you have
superuser privileges.
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Note: When BNU is installed, automatic cleanup is not enabled. Edit the file
/usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp and remove the comment character .# from
the beginning of the uudemon.cleanup line.
FLAGS
-Ctime Removes any C.* (command) files as old as, or older than,
the number of days specified in time, and sends
appropriate information to the requester. Unless
specified otherwise, the default time is 7 days.
-Dtime Removes any D.* (data) files as old as, or older than,
the number of days specified in time. Also attempts to
deliver any remaining mail messages. The default time is
7 days.
-Ttime Removes any T.* (temporary) files as old as, or older
than, the number of days specified in time. Also
attempts to deliver any remaining mail messages. The
default time is 7 days.
-Wtime Sends a mail message to the requester warning that C.
files as old as, or older than, the number of days
specified in time are still in the spool directory. The
message includes the job ID and, in the case of mail, the
mail message. The administrator may use the -m option to
include a message line telling whom to call to check the
problem. The default time is 1 day.
-Xtime Removes any X.* (execute) files as old as, or older than,
the number of days specified in time. The default time
is 2 days.
Note: There are probably no related data files. If any
related data files remain, however, they are
handled by D.* processing, as described above.
-mstring Includes a specified line of text in the warning message
generated by the -Wtime option. The default line is:
"See your local administrator to locate the problem".
-otime Removes other files as old as, or older than, the number
of days specified in time. The default time is 2 days.
-ssystem Executes uucleanup only on the spool directory specified
by system The default is to clean up all BNU spool
directories.
Note: Unless one of the time flags is set to a specific
number of days, uucleanup uses the default times
values.
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FILES
/etc/cron Command that starts uudemon.cleanup.
/usr/adm/uucp Directory with commands used internally by
uucleanup.
/usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp File that tells cron to start uucp-related
daemons, including uudemon.cleanup.
/usr/spool/uucp Spooling directory.
RELATED INFORMATION
See the following commands: "cron," "uucp," and "uux."
See the chapter on basic networking utilities in Managing the AIX Operating
System.
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