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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