NAME

uupoll − poll a remote UUCP site

SYNOPSIS

uupoll [ −ggrade ] [ −n ] system

DESCRIPTION

Uupoll is used to force a poll of a remote system. It queues a null job for the remote system and then invokes uucico(8C).

The following options are available:

−ggrade Only send jobs of grade grade or higher on this call. 

−n Queue the null job, but do not invoke uucico.

Uupoll is usually run by cron(5) or by a user who wants to hurry a job along. A typical entry in crontab could be:

00,8,16∗∗∗/usr/bin/uupoll ihnp4
04,12,20∗∗∗/usr/bin/uupoll ucbvax

This polls ihnp4 at midnight, 0800, and 1600; and ucbvax at 0400, noon, and 2000. 

If the local machine is already running uucico every hour and has a limited number of outgoing modems, a more elegant approach might be:

00,8,16∗∗∗/usr/bin/uupoll -n ihnp4
04,12,20∗∗∗/usr/bin/uupoll -n ucbvax
5∗∗∗∗/usr/lib/uucp/uucico -r1

This queues null jobs for the remote sites at the top of hour; they are processed by uucico when it runs five minutes later. 

FILES

/usr/lib/uucp/UUCP internal files/utilities
/usr/spool/uucp/Spool directory

SEE ALSO

uucp(1C), uux(1C), uucico(8C)

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