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    UUCP(1)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  UUCP(1)

    NAME
         uucp - unix to unix copy

    SYNOPSIS
         uucp [ -acCdfmr ] [ -nuser ] [ -ggrade ] [ -sspool ] [ -xde-
         bug ] source-file....  destination-file

    DESCRIPTION
         Uucp 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 uucp 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 ~user; where user 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.

         Uucp preserves execute permissions across the transmission
         and gives 0666 read and write permissions (see chmod(2)).

         The following options are interpreted by uucp.

         -a   Avoid doing a getwd 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.

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         -d   Make all necessary directories for the file copy.
    	  (This is the default.)

         -f   Do not make intermediate directories for the file copy.

         -ggrade
    	  Grade 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, uux(1C) defaults to `A'; mail is
    	  usually sent at `C'.

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

         -nuser
    	  Notify user on remote system (i.e., send user mail)
    	  that a file was sent.

         -r   Do not start the transfer, just queue the job.

         -sspool
    	  Use spool as the spool directory instead of the
    	  default.

         -xdebug
    	  Turn on the debugging at level debug.

    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 Dial-Up Network of UNIX Sys-
         tems.

         D. A. Nowitz, Uucp Implementation Description.

    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 uucp will be owned by the uucp
         administrator (usually UID 5).

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         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 uucp 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 uusend(1C) instead.

         When invoking uucp from csh(1), the `!' character must be
         prefixed by the `\' escape to inhibit csh's history mechan-
         ism. (Quotes are not sufficient.)

         Uucp refuses to copy a file that does not give read access
         to ``other''; that is, the file must have at least 0444
         modes.

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