Annotation of researchv10no/cmd/uucp/man/uuto.1c, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: .TH UUTO 1C
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: uuto, uupick \- public \s-1UNIX\s+1-to-\s-1UNIX\s+1 system file copy
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B uuto
                      6: [ options ] source-files destination
                      7: .br
                      8: .B uupick
                      9: [
                     10: .B \-s
                     11: system ]
                     12: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     13: .I Uuto\^
                     14: sends
                     15: .I source-files\^
                     16: to
                     17: .IR destination .
                     18: .I Uuto\^
                     19: uses the
                     20: .IR uucp (1C)
                     21: facility to send files,
                     22: while it allows the local system to control the file access.
                     23: A source-file name is a path name on your machine.
                     24: Destination has the form:
                     25: .RS
                     26: system\f3!\fP\fIuser\fP
                     27: .RE
                     28: .PP
                     29: where
                     30: .I system\^
                     31: is taken from a list of system names
                     32: that
                     33: .I uucp\^
                     34: knows about (see
                     35: .IR uuname ).
                     36: .I User\^
                     37: is the login name
                     38: of someone on the specified system.
                     39: .PP
                     40: Two \fIoptions\fP are available:
                     41: .PP
                     42: .PD 0
                     43: .TP 8
                     44: .B \-p
                     45: Copy the source file into the spool directory before transmission.
                     46: .TP
                     47: .B \-m
                     48: Send mail to the sender when the copy is complete.
                     49: .PD
                     50: .PP
                     51: The files (or sub-trees if directories are specified) are sent to
                     52: .SM PUBDIR
                     53: on
                     54: .IR system ,
                     55: where
                     56: .SM PUBDIR
                     57: is a public directory defined in the
                     58: .I uucp\^
                     59: source.
                     60: Specifically the files are sent to
                     61: .PP
                     62: .RS
                     63: \s-1PUBDIR\s+1/receive/\fIuser\fP/\fImysystem\fR/files.
                     64: .RE
                     65: .PP
                     66: The destined recipient is notified by
                     67: .IR mail (1)
                     68: of the arrival of files.
                     69: .PP
                     70: .I Uupick\^
                     71: accepts or rejects the files transmitted to the user.
                     72: Specifically,
                     73: .I uupick\^
                     74: searches
                     75: .SM PUBDIR
                     76: for files destined for the user.
                     77: For each entry (file or directory) found,
                     78: the following message is printed on the standard output:
                     79: .RS
                     80: \fBfrom \fIsystem\^\fB:\fR [\^file \fIfile-name\^\fR] [dir \fIdirname\^\fR] \fB?\fR
                     81: .RE
                     82: .PP
                     83: .I Uupick\^
                     84: then reads a line from the standard input to determine the
                     85: disposition of the file:
                     86: .TP 16
                     87: <new-line>
                     88: Go on to next entry.
                     89: .TP
                     90: .B d
                     91: Delete the entry.
                     92: .TP
                     93: \f3m\fP [ \f2dir\^\fP ]
                     94: Move the entry to named directory
                     95: .I dir.\^
                     96: If
                     97: .I dir\^
                     98: is not specified as a complete path name (in which $HOME is
                     99: legitimate), a destination relative to the current directory is
                    100: assumed.  If no destination is given, the default is the current
                    101: directory.
                    102: .TP
                    103: \f3a\fP [ \f2dir\^\fP ]
                    104: Same as \fBm\fR except moving all the files sent from
                    105: .IR system .
                    106: .TP
                    107: .B  p
                    108: Print the content of the file.
                    109: .TP
                    110: .B q
                    111: Stop.
                    112: .TP
                    113: \s-1EOT\s0 (control-d)
                    114: Same as
                    115: .BR q .
                    116: .TP
                    117: .BI ! command\^
                    118: Escape to the shell to do
                    119: .IR command .
                    120: .TP
                    121: .B *
                    122: Print a command summary.
                    123: .PP
                    124: .I Uupick\^
                    125: invoked with the
                    126: .BI "-s system"\^
                    127: option will only search
                    128: the
                    129: .SM PUBDIR
                    130: for files sent from
                    131: .IR system .
                    132: .SH FILES
                    133: \s-1PUBDIR\s+1 /usr/spool/uucppublic      public directory
                    134: .SH NOTES
                    135: In order to send files that begin with a dot (e.g., .profile) the files must 
                    136: by qualified with a dot. For example: .profile, .prof*, .profil?
                    137: are correct; whereas *prof*, ?profile are incorrect.
                    138: .SH SEE ALSO
                    139: mail(1),
                    140: uucp(1C), uustat(1C), uux(1C), uucleanup(1M).
                    141: .\"    @(#)

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