Uucp

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uucp

http://www.gnu.org/software/uucp/
Uucp copies files to or from another *nix system which also runs uucp. It transfers mail, news, and files between systems which are not connected by more modern means. The connection can be made via modem, a hard-wired serial connnection, or via an IP connection. >P>is package has everything you need to make a UUCP connection, including versions of uucico, uusched, uuxqt, uux, uucp, uustat, uulog, uuname, uuto, uupick, and cu, as well as uuchk (a program to check configuration files), uuconv (a program to convert from one type of configuration file to another) and tstuu (a test harness for the package). package currently supports the f, g (in all window and packet sizes), G, t and e protocols, as well a Zmodem protocol and two new bidirectional protocols. If you have a Berkeley sockets library, it can make TCP connections. If you have TLI libraries, it can make TLI connections.

Documentation

User manual available from http://www.airs.com/ian/uucp-doc/

This is a GNU package:uucp

Download

Download version 1.07 (stable)
released on 6 June 2003

Categories

• Interface:daemon
• Network-hookup:mail-transport-agent
• System-administration:network-hookup
• Use:system-administration
• Works-with:email

Licensing

License	Verified by	Verified on	Notes
GPLv2	Janet Casey	23 July 2001

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Ian Lance Taylor	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Support	E-mail	mailto:taylor-uucp@gnu.org

Software prerequisites

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 6 June 2003.

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