UUTO(1C) Communication Commands UUTO(1C)

NAME

uuto, uupick - public UNIX-to-UNIX system file copy

SYNOPSIS

uuto [-mp] source-file... destination


uupick [-s system]

DESCRIPTION

uuto
uuto sends source-file to destination. uuto uses the uucp(1C)
facility to send files, while it allows the local system to control
the file access. A source-file name is a path name on your machine.
Destination has the form:


system[!system] ... !user


where system is taken from a list of system names that uucp knows
about. User is the login name of someone on the specified system.


The files (or sub-trees if directories are specified) are sent to
PUBDIR on system, where PUBDIR is a public directory defined in the
uucp source. By default, this directory is /var/spool/uucppublic.
Specifically the files are sent to


PUBDIR/receive/user/mysystem/files.


The recipient is notified by mail(1) of the arrival of files.

uupick
uupick accepts or rejects the files transmitted to the user.
Specifically, uupick searches PUBDIR for files destined for the user.
For each entry (file or directory) found, the following message is
printed on standard output:


from system sysname: [file file-name] [dir dirname] ?


uupick then reads a line from standard input to determine the
disposition of the file:

<new-line>
Go to next entry.


d
Delete the entry.


m [ dir ]
Move the entry to named directory dir. If dir is
not specified as a complete path name (in which
$HOME is legitimate), a destination relative to
the current directory is assumed. If no
destination is given, the default is the current
directory.


a [ dir ]
Same as m above, except it moves all the files
sent from system.


p
Print the content of the file.


q
Stop.


EOT (control-d)
Same as q.


!command
Escape to the shell to do command.


*
Print a command summary.

OPTIONS

uuto
The following options are supported by uuto:

-m
Send mail to the sender when the copy is complete.


-p
Copy the source file into the spool directory before
transmission.


uupick
The following option is supported by uupick:

-s system
Search only the PUBDIR for files sent from system.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported for uuto:

destination
A string of the form:

system-name!user

where system-name is taken from a list of system names
that uucp knows about; see uuname. The argument user
is the login name of someone on the specified system.
The destination system-name can also be a list of
names such as

system-name!system-name!... !system-name!user

in which case, an attempt is made to send the file via
the specified route to the destination. Care should be
taken to ensure that intermediate nodes in the route
are willing to forward information.


source-file
A pathname of a file on the local system to be copied
to destination.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

See environ(7) for descriptions of the following environment
variables that affect the execution of uuto and uupick: LC_TYPE,
LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0
Successful completion.


>0
An error occurred.

FILES

PUBDIR
/var/spool/uucppublic public directory

SEE ALSO

mail(1), uucp(1C), uustat(1C), uux(1C), attributes(7), uucleanup(8)

NOTES

In order to send files that begin with a dot (for instance,
.profile), the files must be qualified with a dot. For example, the
following files are correct:


.profile .prof* .profil?


The following files are incorrect:


*prof* ?profile

March 28, 1995 UUTO(1C)