uuto(1C) Communication Commands uuto(1C)NAME
uuto, uupick - public UNIX-to-UNIX system file copy
SYNOPSISuuto [-mp] source-file... destination
uupick [-s system]
DESCRIPTIONuuto
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 PUB‐
DIR on system, where PUBDIR is a public directory defined in the uucp
source. By default, this directory is /var/spool/uucppublic. Specifi‐
cally 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. Specifi‐
cally, 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 disposi‐
tion 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 cur‐
rent 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.
OPTIONSuuto
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 transmis‐
sion.
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(5) 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
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │service/network/uucp │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOmail(1), uucp(1C), uustat(1C), uux(1C), uucleanup(1M), attributes(5)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
SunOS 5.11 28 Mar 1995 uuto(1C)
