1uucp(1) General Commands Manual uucp(1)
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6 uucp - Unix to Unix copy
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9 uucp [ options ] source-file destination-file
10 uucp [ options ] source-file... destination-directory
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14 The uucp command copies files between systems. Each file argument is
15 either a pathname on the local machine or is of the form
16 system!path
18 which is interpreted as being on a remote system. In the first form,
20 the contents of the first file are copied to the second. In the second
21 form, each source file is copied into the destination directory.
22 A file be transferred to or from system2 via system1 by using
24 system1!system2!path.
26 Any pathname that does not begin with / or ~ will be appended to the
28 current directory (unless the -W or --noexpand option is used); this
29 resulting path will not necessarily exist on a remote system. A path‐
30 name beginning with a simple ~ starts at the UUCP public directory; a
31 pathname beginning with ~name starts at the home directory of the named
32 user. The ~ is interpreted on the appropriate system. Note that some
33 shells will interpret a simple ~ to the local home directory before
34 uucp sees it; to avoid this the ~ must be quoted.
35 Shell metacharacters ? * [ ] are interpreted on the appropriate system,
37 assuming they are quoted to prevent the shell from interpreting them
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39 The copy does not take place immediately, but is queued up for the
41 uucico (8) daemon; the daemon is started immediately unless the -r or
42 --nouucico switch is given. In any case, the next time the remote sys‐
43 tem is called the file(s) will be copied.
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46 The following options may be given to uucp.
47 -c, --nocopy
49 Do not copy local source files to the spool directory. If they
50 are removed before being processed by the uucico (8) daemon, the
51 copy will fail. The files must be readable by the uucico (8) dae‐
52 mon, and by the invoking user.
53 -C, --copy
55 Copy local source files to the spool directory. This is the
56 default.
57 -d, --directories
59 Create all necessary directories when doing the copy. This is the
60 default.
61 -f, --nodirectories
63 If any necessary directories do not exist for the destination
64 path, abort the copy.
65 -R, --recursive
67 If any of the source file names are directories, copy their con‐
68 tents recursively to the destination (which must itself be a
69 directory).
70 -g grade, --grade grade
72 Set the grade of the file transfer command. Jobs of a higher
73 grade are executed first. Grades run 0 ... 9 A ... Z a ... z from
74 high to low.
75 -m, --mail
77 Report completion or failure of the file transfer by mail (1).
78 -n user, --notify user
80 Report completion or failure of the file transfer by mail (1) to
81 the named user on the remote system.
82 -r, --nouucico
84 Do not start uucico (8) daemon immediately; merely queue up the
85 file transfer for later execution.
86 -j, --jobid
88 Print jobid on standard output. The job may be later cancelled by
89 passing the jobid to the -k switch of uustat (1). It is possible
90 for some complex operations to produce more than one jobid, in
91 which case each will be printed on a separate line. For example
92 uucp sys1!~user1/file1 sys2!~user2/file2 ~user3
93 will generate two separate jobs, one for the system sys1 and one
94 for the system sys2.
95 -W, --noexpand
97 Do not prepend remote relative path names with the current direc‐
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99 -t, --uuto
101 This option is used by the uuto shell script. It causes uucp to
102 interpret the final argument as system!user. The file(s) are sent
103 to ~/receive/USER/LOCAL on the remote system, where USER is from
104 the final argument and LOCAL is the local UUCP system name. Also,
105 uucp will act as though --notify user were specified.
106 -x type, --debug type
108 Turn on particular debugging types. The following types are rec‐
109 ognized: abnormal, chat, handshake, uucp-proto, proto, port, con‐
110 fig, spooldir, execute, incoming, outgoing. Only abnormal, con‐
111 fig, spooldir and execute are meaningful for uucp.
112 Multiple types may be given, separated by commas, and the --debug
114 option may appear multiple times. A number may also be given,
115 which will turn on that many types from the foregoing list; for
116 example, --debug 2 is equivalent to --debug abnormal,chat.
117 -I file, --config file
119 Set configuration file to use. This option may not be available,
120 depending upon how uucp was compiled.
121 -v, --version
123 Report version information and exit.
124 --help
126 Print a help message and exit.
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129 mail(1), uux(1), uustat(1), uucico(8)
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132 Some of the options are dependent on the capabilities of the uucico (8)
133 daemon on the remote system.
134 The -n and -m switches do not work when transferring a file from one
136 remote system to another.
137 File modes are not preserved, except for the execute bit. The result‐
139 ing file is owned by the uucp user.
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142 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
143 Taylor UUCP 1.07 uucp(1)