uucp(1) uucp(1)
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. A file be transferred to or from system2 via system1 by using system1!system2!path. Any pathname that does not begin with / or ~ will be appended to the current directory (unless the -W or --noexpand option is used); this resulting path will not necessarily exist on a remote system. A pathname begin- ning with a simple ~ starts at the UUCP public directory; a pathname beginning with ~name starts at the home direc- tory of the named user. The ~ is interpreted on the appropriate system. 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 or --nouucico 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, --nocopy 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 Taylor UUCP 1.06 1 uucp(1) uucp(1) must be readable by the uucico (8) daemon, and by the invoking user. -C, --copy Copy local source files to the spool directory. This is the default. -d, --directories Create all necessary directories when doing the copy. This is the default. -f, --nodirectories If any necessary directories do not exist for the destination path, abort the copy. -R, --recursive If any of the source file names are directories, copy their contents recursively to the destination (which must itself be a directory). -g grade, --grade 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, --mail Report completion or failure of the file transfer by mail (1). -n user, --notify user Report completion or failure of the file transfer by mail (1) to the named user on the remote system. -r, --nouucico Do not start uucico (8) daemon immediately; merely queue up the file transfer for later execution. -j, --jobid 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 ~user3 will generate two separate jobs, one for the system sys1 and one for the system sys2. -W, --noexpand Do not prepend remote relative path names with the current directory. -t, --uuto This option is used by the uuto shell script. It causes uucp to interpret the final argument as Taylor UUCP 1.06 2 uucp(1) uucp(1) system!user. The file(s) are sent to ~/receive/USER/LOCAL on the remote system, where USER is from the final argument and LOCAL is the local UUCP system name. Also, uucp will act as though --notify user were specified. -x type, --debug 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 --debug option may appear multiple times. A num- ber may also be given, which will turn on that many types from the foregoing list; for example, --debug 2 is equivalent to --debug abnormal,chat. -I file, --config file Set configuration file to use. This option may not be available, depending upon how uucp was compiled. -v, --version Report version information and exit. --help Print a help message and exit.
FILES
The file names may be changed at compilation time or by the configuration file, so these are only approximations. /etc/uucp/config - Configuration file. /var/spool/uucp - UUCP spool directory. /var/spool/uucp/Log - UUCP log file. /var/spool/uucppublic - Default UUCP public directory.
SEE ALSO
mail(1), uux(1), uustat(1), uucico(8)
BUGS
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> Taylor UUCP 1.06 3
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