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- NAME
-
- UUCP - Unix to Unix Copy Program
-
- SYNTAX
-
- UUCP [-cCdfjmr] [-g grade] [-n user] [-u user] source dest
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- The UUCP command copies a file named by "source" to "dest"; one of
- the two is a local file, the other is on another remote machine.
-
- For example:
-
- uucp fubar system!~/fubar send a file
- uucp system!~/fubar fubar request a remote file
-
- ~/path is interpreted as UUPub:path for an Amiga.
-
- ~user/path is interpreted as the directory prefix for the specified
- user on the machine in question (yours or the remote's). If an Amiga,
- the user must exist in the GETTY:PASSWD file. The directory prefix
- is part of the PASSWD entry for each user.
-
- ~uucp is interpreted just like ~user ... you must have a password entry
- for the 'uucp' user for it to work. Remember that a ~/ or ~user/ in
- the REMOTE path is interpreted by the remote machine, not your machine.
-
- Additionally, for the Amiga, the local directory must have appropriate
- permissions as specified by UULib:Security, or the transfer will not
- be allowed.
-
- Shell metacharacters appearing in the pathname part are not understood
- by the Amiga, but may be understood by the remote machine.
-
- OPTIONS
-
- -c
- When specified, this option indicates that a copy of the
- local file should not be placed in the spool directory.
-
- This is the default for AmigaUUCP.
-
- -C
- When specified, this option indicates that the UUCP command
- should create a copy of a local file being transferred.
- This copy is placed in the UUSpool directory, where it is
- removed after the transfer is complete. Normally, AmigaUUCP
- does not make a copy of the file, and if the file is
- renamed or removed, the transfer will fail.
-
- -d
- When specified, this option indicates that all necessary
- directories should be created on the receiving machine by
- the receiving UUCICO.
-
- This is the default.
-
- -f
- When specified, this option indicates that if a required
- directory does not exist on the receiving machine, that
- the transfer should be aborted.
-
- -g grade
- This option controls the priority with which the request
- is executed by UUCICO. Valid grades are 0-9, A-Z, and a-z.
- Files are transferred by UUCICO in that order.
-
- The default grade for the UUCP command is "A".
-
- Other commands have other defaults.
-
- -I config
- This option is for Taylor UUCP compatibility. The option
- is ignored.
-
- -j
- When specified, the UUCP command will print out the jobid
- of the transfer request. Using the UUSTAT command, the user
- may request that the transfer be cancelled (-k switch).
-
- -m
- When specified, the remote UUCICO is requested to send
- mail to the transferring user when the transfer is
- complete.
-
- -n addr
- When specified, the remote UUCICO is requested to send
- mail to the named address when the transfer is complete.
- This address may be different user than the default
- user; and must be a valid address on the remote machine.
-
- -r
- This option normally means that UUCICO should not be
- started immediately. This is the normal action on the
- Amiga.
-
- -u user
- This option controls the username specified as sending the
- UUCP request. By default, this comes from the UserName
- configuration variable in UULib:Config.
-
- -x opts
- This option is for Taylor UUCP compatibility. The 'opts'
- are ignored.
-
- CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
-
- NodeName string
-
- UserName string
-
- UseSubDirs Y/N
-
- UUSpool string
-
- NOTE
- By default, UUCP builds the command file in the UUSpool directory (or
- the alternate that may be specified in the UULib:Config file). To
- have UUCP place files in a separate directory for each system, the
- UseSubDirs configuration option must be set.
-
- WARNINGS
-
- The domain of remotely accessible files can (and for obvious security
- reasons, usually should) be severely restricted.
-
- You will very likely not be able to fetch files by pathname. Ask a
- responsible person on the remote system to send them to you. For the
- same reasons, you will probably not be able to send files to arbitrary
- pathnames.
-
- On the Amiga, security is accomplished with the UULib:Security file,
- please refer to UUMan:Security for more information.
-
- FILES
-
- UULib:Config
- UULib:Seq
- UUSpool:
- UUSpool:<system-name>/<various>
-