UUCP(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual UUCP(1) NAME uucp - unix to unix copy SYNOPSIS uucp [ -acCdfmr ] [ -n_u_s_e_r ] [ -g_g_r_a_d_e ] [ -s_s_p_o_o_l ] [ -x_d_e_- _b_u_g ] source-file.... destination-file DESCRIPTION _U_u_c_p copies files named by the source-file arguments to the destination-file argument. A file name may be a pathname on your machine, or may have the form system-name!pathname where `system-name' is taken from a list of system names that _u_u_c_p knows about. Shell metacharacters ?*[] appearing in the pathname part will be expanded on the appropriate system. Pathnames may be one of: (1) a full pathname; (2) a pathname preceded by ~_u_s_e_r; where _u_s_e_r is a userid on the specified system and is replaced by that user's login directory; (3) a pathname prefixed by ~, where ~ is expanded into the system's public directory (usually /usr/spool/uucppublic); (4) a partial pathname, which is prefixed by the current directory. If the result is an erroneous pathname for the remote sys- tem, the copy will fail. If the destination-file is a directory, the last part of the source-file name is used. _U_u_c_p preserves execute permissions across the transmission and gives 0666 read and write permissions (see _c_h_m_o_d(2)). The following options are interpreted by _u_u_c_p. -a Avoid doing a _g_e_t_w_d to find the current directory. (This is sometimes used for efficiency.) -c Use the source file when copying out rather than copy- ing the file to the spool directory. (This is the default.) -C Copy the source file to the spool directory and transmit the copy. Printed 11/26/99 April 24, 1986 1 UUCP(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual UUCP(1) -d Make all necessary directories for the file copy. (This is the default.) -f Do not make intermediate directories for the file copy. -g_g_r_a_d_e _G_r_a_d_e is a single letter/number; lower ASCII sequence characters will cause a job to be transmitted earlier during a particular conversation. Default is `n'. By way of comparison, _u_u_x(1C) defaults to `A'; mail is usually sent at `C'. -m Send mail to the requester when the copy is complete. -n_u_s_e_r Notify _u_s_e_r on remote system (i.e., send _u_s_e_r mail) that a file was sent. -r Do not start the transfer, just queue the job. -s_s_p_o_o_l Use _s_p_o_o_l as the spool directory instead of the default. -x_d_e_b_u_g Turn on the debugging at level _d_e_b_u_g. FILES /usr/spool/uucp - spool directory /etc/uucp/* - data and configuration files SEE ALSO uux(1C), mail(1) D. A. Nowitz and M. E. Lesk, _A _D_i_a_l-_U_p _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _o_f _U_N_I_X _S_y_s_- _t_e_m_s. D. A. Nowitz, _U_u_c_p _I_m_p_l_e_m_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n. WARNING The domain of remotely accessible files can (and for obvious security reasons, usually should) be severely restricted. You will very likely not be able to fetch files by pathname; ask a responsible person on the remote system to send them to you. For the same reasons you will probably not be able to send files to arbitrary pathnames. BUGS All files received by _u_u_c_p will be owned by the uucp administrator (usually UID 5). Printed 11/26/99 April 24, 1986 2 UUCP(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual UUCP(1) The -m option will only work sending files or receiving a single file. (Receiving multiple files specified by special shell characters ?*[] will not activate the -m option.) At present _u_u_c_p cannot copy to a system several "hops" away, that is, a command of the form uucp myfile system1!system2!system3!yourfile is not permitted. Use _u_u_s_e_n_d(1C) instead. When invoking _u_u_c_p from _c_s_h(1), the `!' character must be prefixed by the `\' escape to inhibit _c_s_h's history mechan- ism. (Quotes are not sufficient.) _U_u_c_p refuses to copy a file that does not give read access to ``other''; that is, the file must have at least 0444 modes. Printed 11/26/99 April 24, 1986 3