NAME

uuclean − uucp spool directory clean-up

SYNOPSIS

uuclean [ options ] ... 

DESCRIPTION

Uuclean will scan the spool directory for files with the specified prefix and delete all those which are older than the specified number of hours. 

The following options are available. 

−ddirectory
Clean directory instead of the spool directory. 

−ppre Scan for files with pre as the file prefix.  Up to 10 −p arguments may be specified.  A −p without any pre following will cause all files older than the specified time to be deleted. 

−ntime Files whose age is more than time hours will be deleted if the prefix test is satisfied.  (default time is 72 hours)

−m Send mail to the owner of the file when it is deleted. 

This program will typically be started by cron(1M).

FILES

/usr/lib/uucp directory with commands used by uuclean internally

/usr/spool/uucp
spool directory

SEE ALSO

uucp(1C), uux(1C). 

May 16, 1980