uucp -- Command

Spool files for transmission to other systems
uucp [ -cCdfmr ] [-nuser] [-xactivity] source ... dest

The command uucp  spools every file source for copying  to dest. source and
dest can specify a remote system.

uucp recognizes the following options:

-C Copy the  source file into spool  directory; same as option  -p. This is
   the default.

-c Do not copy  the source file into spool directory;  rather, use the file
   itself.  The  file must be readable  both by yourself and  by the daemon
   uucico.  If  the  file  is  removed  before  uucico  processes  it,  the
   transmission of the file will fail.

-d Create directories  as required on the destination  system.  This is the
   default.

-f Do not  create any directories on the remote  system.  If directories do
   not already exist, abort copying the file.

-ggrade
   Assign  a grade  (a single  ASCII  character, from  `0' through  `z') to
   indicate the  importance of the  file being transmitted.   The lower the
   ASCII value  of grade,  the more  important the file;  thus, `0'  is the
   highest grade and `z' the lowest.

-I file
   Read the  configuration for the remote system from  file instead of from
   /usr/lib/uucp/sys, which is the default.

-j Report  the job's  process identifier.   If you wish,  you can  use this
   identifier with the command uustat to kill the job.

-m Send mail to requester when the file is sent; report whether the job was
   executed successfully.

-nuser
   Send mail to user on destination system when the file is received.  user
   can  contain a  path.  Note  that  user is  relative to  the destination
   machine, not to originating  machine or to any intervening machine.  For
   example, consider the command:

       uucp -nlepanto!fred myfile joe!/tmp

   Here, you  are copying myfile  from your machine into  directory /tmp on
   machine joe, and sending  notification to user  fred on machine lepanto.
   If, however,  machine joe does not know how  to address machine lepanto,
   then fred will never be notified of the transfer.

-p Copy  the source  file into  spool directory;  same as  -C. This  is the
   default.

-R Copy directories recursively.

-r Spool transfer request, but do not initiate uucico.

-s file
   Write status upon completion of job into file.

-u user
   Set user name to user.

-W Do not prefix the file's name with the name of the current directory.

-xactivity
   Log a given activity. These logs  can help you debug problems with UUCP.
   uucp recognizes the following activities:

   abnormal
        Log abnormal events that occur while spooling a file for copying.

   config
        Log  problems   that  arise   with  reading  or   interpreting  the
        configuration files dial, port, and sys.

   execute
        Log each step uucp takes as it executes.

   spooldir
        Log   activity   that   involved   the  UUCP   spooling   directory
        /usr/spool/uucp and its subdirectories.

   uucp      writes     its      logging     information      into     file
   /usr/spool/uucp/.Admin/audit.local.

Examples

The first example copies file foo to directory /bar on system george:

    uucp foo george!/bar

The next example copies file /foo from system george into directory /tmp on
your system:

    uucp george!/foo /tmp

The next example copies file /foo from system george into file or directory
/bar on system ivan:

    uucp george!/foo ivan!/bar

Note that  this assumes your  system can talk  to both george  and ivan and
that your system has permission to  read file /foo on system george as well
as to write file /bar on system ivan.

The next example downloads files /foo and /bar from remote systems ivan and
george into directory /tmp on your system:

    uucp ivan!/foo george!/bar /tmp

The last example downloads file foo from system ivan via system george:

    uucp george!ivan!foo

For  an  example  of using  the  command  find  with  uucp to  spool  files
automatically, see the entry for find.

Files

/usr/lib/uucp/sys -- List of reachable systems
/usr/spool/uucp/.Log/*/sitename -- uucp activities log files for sitename
/usr/spool/uucp/sitename -- Spool directory for work

See Also

commands,
mail,
uucico,
UUCP,
uudecode,
uuencode,
uutouch,
uuxqt

Notes

uucp was written by Ian Lance Taylor (ian@airs.com).

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness