uuto(1C) uuto(1C)
NAME
uuto, uupick - public UNIX-to-UNIX system file copy
SYNOPSIS
uuto [options] source-files destination
uupick [-s system]
DESCRIPTION
The uuto command sends source-files to destination.
The uupick command accepts or rejects files transmitted to the
user.
Files
/var/spool/uucppublic
public directory (PUBDIR)
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxbnu
language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]
USAGE
uuto
uuto uses the uucp(1C) facility to send files, while it allows
the local system to control the file access. A source-file
name is a path name on your machine. destination has the
form:
system[!system] . . . !user
where system is taken from a list of system names that uucp
knows about [see uuname in uucp(1C)]. user is the login name
of someone on the specified system.
Two options are available:
-p Copy the source file into the spool directory before
transmission.
-m Send mail to the sender when the copy is complete.
-w If a file exists in the target directory with the same
name as the file being transferred, do not overwrite
the existing file. Instead, try to create a new file.
If the file is named file, create file.N where N is a
one- or two-digit number. The numbers appended to the
file name will begin with 00 and will increase by 1
for each subsequent file of the same name to a maximum
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of 99. If another version of the file cannot be
created, the user is notified by mail.
If the length of the file name is equal to the maximum
for the system, no new version is created. If the
length of the file name is less than the maximum for
the system but the file name and the suffix are
greater than the maximum, the suffix will be
truncated. It is still, therefore, possible for files
whose names are one or two characters shorter than the
system maximum to be overwritten.
The files (or subtrees, if directories are specified) are sent
to PUBDIR on system, where PUBDIR is a public directory
defined in the uucp source. By default, this directory is
/var/spool/uucppublic. Specifically, the files are sent to
PUBDIR/receive/user/mysystem/files
The destined recipient is notified by mail(1) of the arrival
of files.
Note that, in order to send files that begin with a dot (for
example, .profile), the files must be qualified with a dot.
For example, the following files are correct:
.profile .prof* .profil
The following files are incorrect:
*prof* ?profile
uupick
uupick searches PUBDIR for files destined for the user. For
each entry (file or directory) found, a prompt is printed on
the standard output. In the C locale, it is:
from system sysname: [file filename] [dir dirname]
uupick then reads a line from the standard input to determine
the disposition of the file:
new-line Go on to next entry.
d Delete the entry.
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m [ dir ] Move the entry to named directory dir. If dir
is not specified as a complete path name (in
which $HOME is legitimate), a destination
relative to the current directory is assumed.
If no destination is given, the default is the
current directory.
a [ dir ] Same as m except moving all the files sent
from system.
p Print the content of the file.
q Stop.
EOT (CTRL-d) Same as q.
!command Escape to the shell to do command.
* Print a command summary.
uupick invoked with the -s system option will only search the
PUBDIR for files sent from system.
REFERENCES
environ(5), mail(1), uucleanup(1M), uucp(1C), uustat(1C),
uux(1C)
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