uuaids(8c)
Name
uucompact, uumkspool, uurespool, uupoll − uucp utilities
Syntax
uucompact -ssystem
uumkspool system(s)
uurespool [ -t# ]
uupoll system...
Description
All of the uucp commands are located in /usr/lib/uucp.
The uucompact command compacts uucp system spool directories and associated subdirectories. If system is ALL, then all existing uucp system spool directories are compacted. Otherwise, only the specified system spool directory is compacted. If no system is specified, /usr/spool/uucp/sys is compacted. If uucompact is stopped before it is finished, it can be restarted without reprocessing directories. The uucompact command continues processing where it left off during it’s previous instantiation.
The uumkspool command makes a per system spool directory and associated subdirectories for each of the specified systems. For example, if system is mk3 and if the local system name is penny, the following directories are created:
/usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3
/usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3/C.
/usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3/X.
/usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3/D.
/usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3/D.penny
/usr/spool/uucp/sys/mk3/D.penny
The uurespool command moves files from old spool directories to new spool directories. Because the structure of the spool directories has changed from older versions of uucp, it is necessary to respool old spooled files to new spool directories in at least two instances:
•When installing the current version of uucp.
•When creating a new system spool directory for each system.
In the latter case, it is necessary to move files from /usr/spool/uucp/sys/DEFAULT to the new spool directories. To ease this task, uurespool moves files that have been spooled in one of 4 formats and respools them under the new spooling structure. The format is specified by the −t# option, where # can be any one of the following:
•Original spool - All files are in /usr/spool/uucp.
•Split spool - Contains the subdirectories C., X., D., D.local, D.localX.
•Modified split spool - Contains all subdirectories listed in split spool, and STST., TM., C./OTHERS.
•Used when a new system directory has been created and spool files must be moved from the DEFAULT directory to the new system directory.
The uupoll command forces a connect attempt to the named systems even if recent attempts have failed, but not if the L.sys file prohibits the call. For example, the L.sys file will prohibit the call if it is the wrong time of day. Thus, the /usr/spool/uucp/LOGFILE should be monitored for messages about the connection.
Files
/usr/spool/uucpSpool directory
/usr/spool/uucp/LOGFILELogfile