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NAME
uucp - Unix to Unix copy
SYNOPSIS
uucp [ options ] source-file destination-file
uucp [ options ] source-file... destination-directory
DESCRIPTION
The uucp command copies files between systems. Each file
argument is either a pathname on the local machine or is
of the form
system!path
which is interpreted as being on a remote system. In the
first form, the contents of the first file are copied to
the second. In the second form, each source file is
copied into the destination directory.
Any pathname that does not begin with / or ~ will be
appended to the current directory; this resulting path may
not exist on a remote system. A pathname beginning with a
simple ~ starts at the UUCP public directory; a pathname
beginning with ~name starts at the home directory of the
named user. The ~ is interpreted on the appropriate sys-
tem. Note that some shells will interpret a simple ~ to
the local home directory before uucp sees it; to avoid
this the ~ must be quoted.
Shell metacharacters ? * [ ] are interpreted on the appro-
priate system, assuming they are quoted to prevent the
shell from interpreting them first.
The copy does not take place immediately, but is queued up
for the uucico (8) daemon; the daemon is started immedi-
ately unless the -r switch is given. In any case, the
next time the remote system is called the file(s) will be
copied.
OPTIONS
The following options may be given to uucp.
-c Do not copy local source files to the spool direc-
tory. If they are removed before being processed by
the uucico (8) daemon, the copy will fail. The files
must be readable by the uucico (8) daemon, and by the
invoking user.
-C Copy local source files to the spool directory. This
is the default.
-d Create all necessary directories when doing the copy.
This is the default.
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-f If any necessary directories do not exist for the
destination path, abort the copy.
-g grade
Set the grade of the file transfer command. Jobs of
a higher grade are executed first. Grades run 0 ...
9 A ... Z a ... z from high to low.
-m Report completion or failure of the file transfer by
mail (1).
-n user
Report completion or failure of the file transfer by
mail (1) to the named user on the remote system.
-r Do not start uucico (8) daemon immediately; merely
queue up the file transfer for later execution.
-j Print jobid on standard output. The job may be later
cancelled by passing the jobid to the -k switch of
uustat (1). It is possible for some complex opera-
tions to produce more than one jobid, in which case
each will be printed on a separate line. For example
uucp sys1!~user1/file1 sys2!~user2/file2
/usr/spool/uucppublic will generate two separate
jobs, one for the system sys1 and one for the system
sys2.
-x type
Turn on particular debugging types. The following
types are recognized: abnormal, chat, handshake,
uucp-proto, proto, port, config, spooldir, execute,
incoming, outgoing. Only abnormal, config, spooldir
and execute are meaningful for uucp.
Multiple types may be given, separated by commas, and
the -x option may appear multiple times. A number
may also be given, which will turn on that many types
from the foregoing list; for example, -x 2 is equiva-
lent to -x abnormal,chat.
-I file
Set configuration file to use. This option may not
be available, depending upon how uucp was compiled.
FILES
The file names may be changed at compilation time or by
the configuration file, so these are only approximations.
/usr/lib/uucp/config - Configuration file.
/usr/spool/uucp - UUCP spool directory.
/usr/spool/uucp/Log - UUCP log file.
/usr/spool/uucppublic - Default UUCP public directory.
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SEE ALSO
mail(1), uux(1), uustat(1), uucico(8)
BUGS
Files can not be copied across multiple systems.
Some of the options are dependent on the capabilities of
the uucico (8) daemon on the remote system.
The -n and -m switches do not work when transferring a
file from one remote system to another.
File modes are not preserved, except for the execute bit.
The resulting file is owned by the uucp user.
AUTHOR
Ian Lance Taylor (ian@airs.com or uunet!airs!ian)
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