poll(F)                         19 June 1992                         poll(F)


 Name

    poll: Poll, Poll.hour, Poll.day - format of UUCP Poll files

 Description

    The Poll file (/usr/lib/uucp/Poll) contains information for polling
    remote computers.  Each entry in the Poll file contains the name of a
    remote computer to call, followed by a tab character, and the hours the
    computer should be called.  The hours must be integers in the range 0-23.

    Poll file entries have the following format:

       sysnameTabhour ...

    The following entry provides polling of computer gorgon every four hours:

       gorgon  0 4 8 12 16 20

    The uudemon.poll (see uudemon(ADM)) script uses the Poll file to set up
    the polling.  Alternatively, uudemon.poll2 uses the files Poll.hour and
    Poll.day to perform similar, but more precise functions.  The format of
    these files is identical to Poll.

 See also

    cron(C), crontab(C), uucico(ADM), uucp(C), uudemon(ADM)

 Standards conformance

    poll is conformant with:

    AT&T SVID Issue 2.

    Poll.hour and Poll.day are an extension of AT&T System V provided by The
    Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.