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 uucp(1)                                                             uucp(1)
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 NAME
      uucp - Unix to Unix copy

 SYNOPSIS
      uucp [ options ] source-file destination-file

      uucp [ options ] source-file... destination-directory

 DESCRIPTION
      The uucp command copies files between systems.  Each file argument is
      either a pathname on the local machine or is of the form

           system!path which is interpreted as being on a remote system.  In
           the first form, the contents of the first file are copied to the
           second.  In the second form, each source file is copied into the
           destination directory.

           A file be transferred to or from system2 via system1 by using

           system1!system2!path.

           Any pathname that does not begin with / or ~ will be appended to
           the current directory (unless the -W or --noexpand option is
           used); this resulting path will not necessarily exist on a remote
           system.  A pathname beginning with a simple ~ starts at the UUCP
           public directory; a pathname beginning with ~name starts at the
           home directory of the named user.  The ~ is interpreted on the
           appropriate system.  Note that some shells will interpret a
           simple ~ to the local home directory before uucp sees it; to
           avoid this the ~ must be quoted.

           Shell metacharacters ? * [ ] are interpreted on the appropriate
           system, assuming they are quoted to prevent the shell from
           interpreting them first.

           The copy does not take place immediately, but is queued up for
           the uucico (8) daemon; the daemon is started immediately unless
           the -r or --nouucico switch is given.  In any case, the next time
           the remote system is called the file(s) will be copied.

 OPTIONS
      The following options may be given to uucp.

      -c, --nocopy
           Do not copy local source files to the spool directory.  If they
           are removed before being processed by the uucico (8) daemon, the
           copy will fail.  The files must be readable by the uucico (8)
           daemon, and by the invoking user.

      -C, --copy
           Copy local source files to the spool directory.  This is the



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           default.

      -d, --directories
           Create all necessary directories when doing the copy.  This is
           the default.

      -f, --nodirectories
           If any necessary directories do not exist for the destination
           path, abort the copy.

      -R, --recursive
           If any of the source file names are directories, copy their
           contents recursively to the destination (which must itself be a
           directory).

      -g grade, --grade grade
           Set the grade of the file transfer command.  Jobs of a higher
           grade are executed first.  Grades run 0 ... 9 A ... Z a ... z
           from high to low.

      -m, --mail
           Report completion or failure of the file transfer by mail (1).

      -n user, --notify user
           Report completion or failure of the file transfer by mail (1) to
           the named user on the remote system.

      -r, --nouucico
           Do not start uucico (8) daemon immediately; merely queue up the
           file transfer for later execution.

      -j, --jobid
           Print jobid on standard output.  The job may be later cancelled
           by passing the jobid to the -k switch of uustat (1).  It is
           possible for some complex operations to produce more than one
           jobid, in which case each will be printed on a separate line.
           For example
                uucp sys1!~user1/file1 sys2!~user2/file2 ~user3
           will generate two separate jobs, one for the system sys1 and one
           for the system sys2.

      -W, --noexpand
           Do not prepend remote relative path names with the current
           directory.

      -t, --uuto
           This option is used by the uuto shell script.  It causes uucp to
           interpret the final argument as system!user. The file(s) are sent
           to ~/receive/USER/LOCAL on the remote system, where USER is from
           the final argument and LOCAL is the local UUCP system name.
           Also, uucp will act as though --notify user were specified.



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      -x type, --debug type
           Turn on particular debugging types.  The following types are
           recognized: abnormal, chat, handshake, uucp-proto, proto, port,
           config, spooldir, execute, incoming, outgoing.  Only abnormal,
           config, spooldir and execute are meaningful for uucp.

           Multiple types may be given, separated by commas, and the --debug
           option may appear multiple times.  A number may also be given,
           which will turn on that many types from the foregoing list; for
           example, --debug 2 is equivalent to --debug abnormal,chat.

      -I file, --config file
           Set configuration file to use.  This option may not be available,
           depending upon how uucp was compiled.

      -v, --version
           Report version information and exit.

      --help
           Print a help message and exit.

 SEE ALSO
      mail(1), uux(1), uustat(1), uucico(8)

 BUGS
      Some of the options are dependent on the capabilities of the uucico
      (8) daemon on the remote system.

      The -n and -m switches do not work when transferring a file from one
      remote system to another.

      File modes are not preserved, except for the execute bit.  The
      resulting file is owned by the uucp user.

 AUTHOR
      Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>


















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