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        !             2: See the following files:
        !             3: uucp.D         Administrative manual
        !             4:                It includes files uucp.D, App*
        !             5:                (mm -t uucp.D)
        !             6: Permissions:   an example of a Permissions file. (a default will be generated
        !             7:                during the installation procedure.
        !             8: uucp.1c                manual page for uucp
        !             9: uustat.1c:     uustat man page
        !            10: uulog.1c:      uulog man page
        !            11: uucleanup.1m:  man page for uucleanup
        !            12: uugetty.1m     man page for a getty that permits input/output on a port
        !            13: uudemon.hour:  hourly demon
        !            14: uudemon.poll:  polling demon
        !            15: uudemon.admin: to send messages about status to the administrator of uucp
        !            16: uudemon.cleanup:       cleanup demon
        !            17: 
        !            18: Some useful shells:
        !            19: Uutry:         shell for debugging--starts uucico with debugging option
        !            20: Nutry:         shell for debugging--starts local directory
        !            21:                 uucico with debugging option
        !            22: uukick         same as Uutry except no output
        !            23: uutry          same as uutry but output on standard out
        !            24: uutac          output log file in reverse order - assumes a tac (backwards
        !            25:                cat command exists in your path
        !            26: uutail         does a tail command on a system log file.
        !            27: Cvt:           shell to move C. and D. files from /usr/spool/uucp to proper
        !            28:                place for the new directory structure
        !            29: SetUp          shell that copies old system files to the
        !            30:                new places (L.sys etc)
        !            31: 
        !            32: Here are some pointers for converting to the new version:
        !            33: 
        !            34: 1- There are some significant changes in L.sys  (new name = Systems) format.
        !            35:     a- For direct lines, the first device specification is changed
        !            36:        from "ttyxx" to "Direct"
        !            37:     b- On time fields where the default wait time was specified,
        !            38:        the ',' must be changed to a ';'
        !            39:        In addition, the time has a slightly different meaning.
        !            40:        The retry algorithm is now an exponential backoff with initial
        !            41:        time (RETRYTIME in parms.h) and max retrytime (MAXRETRYTIME in
        !            42:        parms.h).  If the ;time field is specified, that will always
        !            43:        be the retry time.  If it is not given, the backoff will be used.
        !            44: 2- The L-devices (new name=Devices) file must also be changed.
        !            45:     a- All ACU lines must have "801" added to the end of the line.
        !            46:     b- All DIR lines must have "DIR" changed to "Direct".
        !            47:   see uucp.D documentation for details.
        !            48: 3- The uucico program no longer searches for a system to call, it
        !            49:    must be called with a -s option.  A new program, uusched,
        !            50:    does the search for work and calls remotes in random order,
        !            51:    by invoking uucico with -sSYSTEM option.  (see uudemon.hour)
        !            52: 
        !            53: Cron entries should be put into crontab for the demons. For example
        !            54: 
        !            55: 39,9 * * * * /bin/su uucp -c "/usr/lib/uucp/uudemon.hour > /dev/null"
        !            56: 1,30 * * * * /bin/su uucp -c "/usr/lib/uucp/uudemon.poll >/dev/null"
        !            57: 45 23 * * * ulimit 5000; /bin/su uucp -c "/usr/lib/uucp/uudemon.cleanup > /dev/null"
        !            58: 48 8,12,16 * * * /bin/su uucp -c "/usr/lib/uucp/uudemon.admin" > /dev/null
        !            59: 
        !            60: Note - at least the cleanup one must be started as root since it must
        !            61: do a ulime
        !            62: 
        !            63: For building the system:
        !            64: 1- Carefully go through the parms.h file to set it up for your
        !            65:    environment. (see Appendix I for details)
        !            66: 2- make install will create a Permissions file if one does not exist.
        !            67:    It will also make the needed directories, create some files in INSDIR
        !            68:    and install the uudemons.
        !            69: 3- The demons also send mail to someone (default uucp).  Change as
        !            70:    desired.
        !            71: 
        !            72: 
        !            73: Other misc:
        !            74: 0- See uucp.D to learn how to set up the Permissions file.
        !            75:    A default one will be created by make install.
        !            76: 1- There is a new undocumented option for the Permissions file.
        !            77:    MYNAME=somename.  When used on a LOGNAME line, it will be the
        !            78:    name reported in the Shere message when someone logs in as
        !            79:    one of the names in LOGNAME.  If used in MACHINE= entry, it
        !            80:    is the name used to identify you when you call someone.

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