1UUX(1C)                                                                UUX(1C)
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NAME

6       uux - unix to unix command execution
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SYNOPSIS

9       uux [ - ] command-string
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DESCRIPTION

12       Uux will gather 0 or more files from various systems, execute a command
13       on a specified system and send standard output to a file on a specified
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16       The command-string is made up of one or more arguments that look like a
17       shell command line, except that the command and file names may be  pre‐
18       fixed  by system-name!.  A null system-name is interpreted as the local
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21       File names may be one of
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25              (2) a pathname preceded by ~xxx; where xxx is a  userid  on  the
26              specified system and is replaced by that user's login directory;
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28              (3) anything else is prefixed by the current directory.
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30       The  `-'  option will cause the standard input to the uux command to be
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33       For example, the command
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35              uux "!diff usg!/usr/dan/f1 pwba!/a4/dan/f1 > !fi.diff"
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37       will get the f1 files from the usg and pwba machines,  execute  a  diff
38       command and put the results in f1.diff in the local directory.
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40       Any  special  shell  characters such as <>;| should be quoted either by
41       quoting the entire command-string, or quoting the special characters as
42       individual arguments.
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FILES

45       /usr/uucp/spool - spool directory
46       /usr/uucp/* - other data and programs
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SEE ALSO

49       uucp(1)
50       D. A. Nowitz, Uucp implementation description
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WARNING

53       An installation may, and for security reasons generally will, limit the
54       list of commands executable on behalf of an incoming request from  uux.
55       Typically,  a restricted site will permit little other than the receipt
56       of mail via uux.
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BUGS

59       Only the first command of a shell pipeline  may  have  a  system-name!.
60       All other commands are executed on the system of the first command.
61       The use of the shell metacharacter * will probably not do what you want
62       it to do.
63       The shell tokens << and >> are not implemented.
64       There is no notification of denial of execution on the remote machine.
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