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PROGRAM:

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 beginning with a simple ~ starts at the UUCP public
directory; a pathname beginning with ~name starts at the home directory 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 appropriate 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 immediately 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 directory. If they are removed before
being processed by the uucico (8) daemon, the copy will fail. The files 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 operations 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 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 number 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.

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