uutouch -- Command

Touch a file to trigger UUCP poll
uutouch system

The  command  uutouch creates  an  empty  control file  for  system in  the
directory  /usr/spool/uucp/system.  This  forces UUCP  to poll  system when
uucico is called with the option -sall. If the empty file for system aready
exists, it is left alone.

There    are   three    types   of   files    in   the    spool   directory
/usr/spool/uucp/system:

C. Command file.

D. Data file.

X. Execute file.

Example

A  typical  usage  is  to  put  the  following  line  into  the  cron  file
/usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp:

    0 7 * * * /usr/lib/uucp/uutouch george

This forces  UUCP to schedule  a poll to  the remote system george  at 7 AM
local time.  The actual poll take place when uucico is started.

Files

/usr/spool/uucp/sitename -- Directory for uucp work files

See Also

commands,
cron,
uucico,
UUCP

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness