UUTO(1c,C) AIX Commands Reference UUTO(1c,C) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- uuto PURPOSE Copies public files from one AIX system to another AIX or Unix system, with local system control of file access. SYNTAX +--------+ uuto ---| +----+ |--- source --- destination --| +-| -p |-+ ^ | ^| -m || +----------+ |+----+| +------+ DESCRIPTION The Basic Networking Utilities (BNU) command uuto copies one or more source files from one AIX system to a specified user on another AIX or Unix system. The uuto command calls the BNU command uucp for the actual file transfer, but uuto enables the recipient to use the uupick options to handle the transferred files on the local system. The source entry is the name of the files on the local system, or a path name to the files on the system that runs the command. The destination is a specific user ID. This entry has the following format: system!user where system is the name of a remote system connected to the local system, and user is the login name of the recipient of the transferred files on the specified system. Note: When copying a file from one user to another user on the local system, omit the system entry; the destination is simply the ID of the user to whom the file is being sent. The uuto command sends files to /usr/spool/uucppublic on the designated system; this is a public directory. The command also creates an additional directory called receive (if it does not already exist), plus the directory /user/system. The full path names to the copied files are therefore some form of the following: /usr/spool/uucppublic/receive/user/system/files Processed November 8, 1990 UUTO(1c,C) 1 UUTO(1c,C) AIX Commands Reference UUTO(1c,C) Once the copied file is in the receive directory, uuto notifies the recipient by rmail that the file has arrived. The recipient then issues the uupick command, which searches the public directory for files sent to the specified user ID, displaying the message that file name has arrived from system name for each file it locates. The user then enters one of the uupick file-handling options to delete the file, move it to another directory, and so on. FLAGS -m Notifies the sender by bellmail when the copy is complete. -p Copies the source file to the spool directory on the local system. The source file resides in the spooling directory for a set period of time (defined in the uusched program) before the uucp command calls the uucico daemon, which actually transfers the copy to the public directory on the specified remote system. The default is to transfer a source file directly to the specified user. FILES /usr/spool/uucppublic Public directory. RELATED INFORMATION See the following commands: "bellmail," "uucleanup," "uucp," "uupick," "uusched," "uustat," and "uux." See the chapter on basic networking utilities in Managing the AIX Operating System. Processed November 8, 1990 UUTO(1c,C) 2