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''' $Id: uux.1,v 1.10 1993/09/11 22:25:50 ian Rel $
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.TH uux 1 "Taylor UUCP 1.05"
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.SH NAME
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uux \- Remote command execution over UUCP
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B uux
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[ options ] command
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.I uux
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command is used to execute a command on a remote system, or to execute
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a command on the local system using files from remote systems.
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The command
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is not executed immediately; the request is queued until the
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.I uucico
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(8) daemon calls the system and executes it. The daemon is
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started automatically unless one of the
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.B \-r
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or
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.B \-\-nouucico
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options is given.
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The actual command execution is done by the
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.I uuxqt
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(8) daemon.
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File arguments can be gathered from remote systems to the execution
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system, as can standard input. Standard output may be directed to a
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file on a remote system.
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The command name may be preceded by a system name followed by an
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exclamation point if it is to be executed on a remote system. An
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empty system name is taken as the local system.
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Each argument that contains an exclamation point is treated as naming
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a file. The system which the file is on is before the exclamation
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point, and the pathname on that system follows it. An empty system
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name is taken as the local system; this must be used to transfer a
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file to a command being executed on a remote system. If the path is
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not absolute, it will be appended to the current working directory on
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the local system; the result may not be meaningful on the remote
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system. A pathname may begin with ~/, in which case it is relative to
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the UUCP public directory (usually /usr/spool/uucppublic) on the
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appropriate system. A pathname may begin with ~name/, in which case
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it is relative to the home directory of the named user on the
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appropriate system.
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Standard input and output may be redirected as usual; the pathnames
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used may contain exclamation points to indicate that they are on
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remote systems. Note that the redirection characters must be quoted
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so that they are passed to
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.I uux
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rather than interpreted by the shell. Append redirection (>>) does
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not work.
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All specified files are gathered together into a single directory
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before execution of the command begins. This means that each file
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must have a distinct base name. For example,
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.br
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.in +0.5i
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.nf
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uux 'sys1!diff sys2!~user1/foo sys3!~user2/foo >!foo.diff'
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.fi
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.in -0.5i
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will fail because both files will be copied to sys1 and stored under
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the name foo.
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Arguments may be quoted by parentheses to avoid interpretation of
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exclamation points. This is useful when executing the
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.I uucp
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command on a remote system.
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.SH OPTIONS
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The following options may be given to
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.I uux.
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.TP 5
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.B \-, \-p, \-\-stdin
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Read standard input and use it as the standard input for the command
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to be executed.
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.TP 5
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.B \-c, \-\-nocopy
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Do not copy local files to the spool directory. This is the default.
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If they are
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removed before being processed by the
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.I uucico
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(8) daemon, the copy will fail. The files must be readable by the
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.I uucico
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(8) daemon,
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as well as the by the invoker of
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.I uux.
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.TP 5
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.B \-C, \-\-copy
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Copy local files to the spool directory.
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.TP 5
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.B \-l, \-\-link
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Link local files into the spool directory. If a file can not be
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linked because it is on a different device, it will be copied unless
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one of the
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.B \-c
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or
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.B \-\-nocopy
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options also appears (in other words, use of
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.B \-\-link
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switches the default from
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.B \-\-nocopy
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to
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.B \-\-copy).
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If the files are changed before being processed by the
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.I uucico
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(8) daemon, the changed versions will be used. The files must be
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readable by the
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.I uucico
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(8) daemon, as well as by the invoker of
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.I uux.
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.TP 5
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.B \-g grade, \-\-grade grade
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Set the grade of the file transfer command. Jobs of a higher grade
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are executed first. Grades run 0 ... 9 A ... Z a ... z from high to
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low.
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.TP 5
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.B \-n, \-\-notification=no
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Do not send mail about the status of the job, even if it fails.
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.TP 5
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.B \-z, \-\-notification=error
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Send mail about the status of the job if an error occurs. For many
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.I uuxqt
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daemons, including the Taylor UUCP
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.I uuxqt,
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this is the default action; for those,
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.B \-\-notification=error
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will have no effect. However, some
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.I uuxqt
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daemons will send mail if the job succeeds unless the
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.B \-\-notification=error
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option is used, and some other
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.I uuxqt
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daemons will not send mail if the job fails unless the
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.B \-\-notification=error
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option is used.
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.TP 5
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.B \-r, \-\-nouucico
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Do not start the
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.I uucico
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(8) daemon immediately; merely queue up the execution request for later
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processing.
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.TP 5
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.B \-j, \-\-jobid
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Print jobids on standard output. A jobid will be generated for each
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file copy operation required to perform the operation. These file
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copies may be cancelled by passing the jobid to the
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.B \-\-kill
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switch of
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.I uustat
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(1), which will make the execution impossible to complete.
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.TP 5
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.B \-a address, \-\-requestor address
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Report job status to the specified e-mail address.
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.TP 5
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.B \-x type, \-\-debug type
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Turn on particular debugging types. The following types are
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recognized: abnormal, chat, handshake, uucp-proto, proto, port,
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config, spooldir, execute, incoming, outgoing. Only abnormal, config,
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spooldir and execute are meaningful for
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.I uux.
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Multiple types may be given, separated by commas, and the
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.B \-\-debug
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option may appear multiple times. A number may also be given, which
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will turn on that many types from the foregoing list; for example,
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.B \-\-debug 2
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is equivalent to
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.B \-\-debug abnormal,chat.
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.TP 5
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.B \-I file, \-\-config file
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Set configuration file to use. This option may not be available,
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depending upon how
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.I uux
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was compiled.
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.TP 5
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.B \-v, \-\-version
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Report version information and exit.
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.TP 5
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.B \-\-help
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Print a help message and exit.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.br
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.nf
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uux -z - sys1!rmail user1
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.fi
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Execute the command ``rmail user1'' on the system sys1, giving it as
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standard input whatever is given to
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.I uux
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as standard input. If a failure occurs, send a message using
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.I mail
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(1).
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.br
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.nf
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uux 'diff -c sys1!~user1/file1 sys2!~user2/file2 >!file.diff'
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.fi
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Fetch the two named files from system sys1 and system sys2 and execute
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.I diff
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putting the result in file.diff in the current directory. The current
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directory must be writable by the
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.I uuxqt
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(8) daemon for this to work.
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.br
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.nf
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uux 'sys1!uucp ~user1/file1 (sys2!~user2/file2)'
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.fi
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Execute
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.I uucp
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on the system sys1 copying file1 (on system sys1) to sys2. This
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illustrates the use of parentheses for quoting.
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.SH RESTRICTIONS
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The remote system may not permit you to execute certain commands.
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Many remote systems only permit the execution of
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.I rmail
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and
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.I rnews.
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Some of the options are dependent on the capabilities of the
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.I uuxqt
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(8) daemon on the remote system.
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.SH FILES
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The file names may be changed at compilation time or by the
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configuration file, so these are only approximations.
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.br
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/usr/lib/uucp/config - Configuration file.
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.br
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/usr/spool/uucp -
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UUCP spool directory.
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.br
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/usr/spool/uucp/Log -
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UUCP log file.
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.br
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/usr/spool/uucppublic -
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Default UUCP public directory.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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mail(1), uustat(1), uucp(1), uucico(8), uuxqt(8)
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.SH BUGS
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Files can not be referenced across multiple systems.
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Too many jobids are output by
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.B \-\-jobid,
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and there is no good way to cancel a local execution requiring remote
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files.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Ian Lance Taylor
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(ian@airs.com)
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