NAME
uucleanup — uucp spool directory clean-up
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lbin/uucp/uucleanup
[-C
time]
[-D
time]
[-W
time]
[-X
time]
[-m
string]
[-o
time]
[-s
system]
[-x
debug_level]
DESCRIPTION
The
uucp
commands, including
uucleanup,
are targeted for removal from HP-UX;
see the
WARNINGS
below.
uucleanup
scans the spool directories for old files
and takes appropriate action to remove them.
Depending on the options selected,
uucleanup
performs the following:
Informs the requestor of send and/or receive requests
for systems that cannot be reached.
Returns mail that cannot be delivered to the sender.
In addition,
uucleanup
warns users of requestors who have been waiting for a given number of days
(the default is 1 day).
Note that unless
time
is specifically set, the default
time
values for the following options are used.
Options
uucleanup
recognizes the following options:
- -Ctime
Any
C.
files greater or equal to
time
days old are removed with appropriate information to the requestor.
The default
time
is 7 days.
- -Dtime
Any
D.
files greater or equal to
time
days old are removed.
An attempt is made to deliver mail messages and execute news
when appropriate.
The default
time
is 7 days.
- -Wtime
Any
C.
files equal to
time
cause a message to be mailed to the requestor
warning about the delay in contacting the remote.
The message includes the
JOBID,
and in the case of mail, the mail message.
The administrator can include a message line telling who to call
to correct the problem (see the
-m
option).
The default
time
is 1 day.
- -Xtime
Any
X.
files greater than or equal to
time
days old are removed.
The
D.
files are probably not present (if they were, the
X.
could be executed).
But, if
D.
files are present, they are taken care of by
D.
processing.
The default
time
is 2 days.
- -mstring
This string is included in the warning message generated by the
-W
option.
The default string is
See your local administrator to locate the problem.
- -otime
Other files whose age is more than
time
days are deleted.
The default time is 2 days.
- -ssystem
Clean-up the spool directory for
system
only.
The default is to clean-up all spool directories.
- -xdebug_level
The debug level is a single digit between 0 and 9.
The higher the numbers, the more detailed the debugging information returned.
This program is typically started by the script
uudemon.cleanu,
which should be started by
cron
(see
cron(1M)).
WARNINGS
Use of
uucp
commands, including
uucleanup,
is discouraged because
they are targeted for removal from HP-UX.
Use
ftp(1)
or
rcp(1)
instead.
FILES
- /var/spool/uucp/*
spool directory
SEE ALSO
cron(1M),
uucp(1),
uux(1),
uuclean(1M).
- Tim O'Reilly and Grace Todino,
Managing UUCP and Usenet,
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. USA.
- Grace Todino and Dale Dougherty,
Using UUCP and Usenet,
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. USA.
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