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Poll(4)								       Poll(4)

NAME
       Poll  - Contains information specifying when the UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Pro‐
       gram (UUCP) should poll designated remote computers

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/uucp/Poll

DESCRIPTION
       The /usr/lib/uucp/Poll file contains  information  for  polling	remote
       computers.  Each	 entry	in the Poll file contains the name of a remote
       computer to call, followed by a <TAB>  character,  and  a  sequence  of
       hourly intervals expressed in digits. These are the hourly intervals at
       which the local system polls a remote system; you must specify interval
       times  as  digits  between  0 and 23. The format of entries in the Poll
       file is: sys-name<TAB>hour

       Note that you must be logged in as root to edit the Poll file, which is
       owned by the uucp login ID.

       The  Poll  file	is  used with the crontabs/uucp file, the uudemon.hour
       script, and the uudemon.poll script.  Together, these files are respon‐
       sible  for initiating automatic calls to remote systems to perform cer‐
       tain maintenance tasks.

EXAMPLES
       The following example provides polling of computer eagle every 4 hours:
       eagle	 0  4 8 12 16 20 The follwing example provides polling of com‐
       puter hera every hour: hera 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
       18 19 20 21 22 23

FILES
       Contains	 all  the  configuration files for UUCP, including the Devices
       file.  Describes accessible remote systems.  Initiates  file  transport
       calls   to   remote   systems.	 Polls	 remote	  systems   listed  in
       /usr/lib/uucp/Poll file.	 The uucp file that contains instructions  for
       the cron daemon.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Commands: crontab(1)

       Daemons: cron(8) delim off

								       Poll(4)
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