1UUPOLL(8)                   System Manager's Manual                  UUPOLL(8)
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NAME

6       uupoll - poll a remote UUCP site
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SYNOPSIS

9       uupoll [ -ggrade ] [ -n ] system
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DESCRIPTION

12       Uupoll is used to force a poll of a remote system. It queues a null job
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15       The following options are available:
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17       -ggrade Only send jobs of grade grade or higher on this call.
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19       -n      Queue the null job, but do not invoke uucico.
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21       Uupoll is usually run by cron(5) or by a user who wants to hurry a  job
22       along. A typical entry in crontab could be:
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24            0    0,8,16    *    *    *    /usr/bin/uupoll ihnp4
25            0    4,12,20   *    *    *    /usr/bin/uupoll ucbvax
26       This  will  poll ihnp4 at midnight, 0800, and 1600, and ucbvax at 0400,
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29       If the local machine is already running uucico every  hour  and  has  a
30       limited number of outgoing modems, a more elegant approach might be:
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32            0    0,8,16    *    *    *    /usr/bin/uupoll -n ihnp4
33            0    4,12,20   *    *    *    /usr/bin/uupoll -n ucbvax
34            5    *         *    *    *    /usr/sbin/uucico -r1
35       This will queue null jobs for the remote sites at the top of hour; they
36       will be processed by uucico when it runs five minutes later.
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FILES

39       /etc/uucp/         UUCP internal files
40       /usr/spool/uucp/   Spool directory
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SEE ALSO

43       uucp(1), uux(1), uucico(8)
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474.3 Berkeley Distribution      October 23, 1996                      UUPOLL(8)