uutouch Command uutouch Touch a file to trigger uucico poll uutouch system uutouch creates an empty control file for system in the directory /usr/spool/uucp/system. This forces UUCP to poll system when uucico is called with the option -sany. If the empty file for system aready exists, it is left alone. There are three types of files in the spool directory /usr/spool/uucp/system: C. Command file. D. Data file. X. Execute file. ***** Example ***** A typical usage is to put the following line into /usr/lib/cron- tab: 0 7 * * * /usr/lib/uucp/uutouch george This forces UUCP to schedule a poll to the remote system george at 7 AM local time. The actual poll take place when uucico is started. ***** Files ***** /usr/spool/uucp/sitename -- Directory for uucp work files ***** See Also ***** commands, cron, uucico, uucp, UUCP, uuxqt COHERENT Lexicon Page 1