UUCICO(ADM) XENIX System V UUCICO(ADM)
Name
uucico - File transport program for the UUCP system.
Syntax
/usr/lib/uucp/uucico [ -r role_number ] [ -x debug_level ]
[ -i interface ] [ -d spool_directory ] [ -s ] [ -S
] system_name
Description
uucico is the file transport program for uucp work file
transfers. Role numbers for -r are the digit 1 for master
mode or 0 for slave mode (default). The -r option should be
specified as the digit 1 for master mode when uucico is
started by a program or cron. uux and uucp both queue jobs
that will be transferred by uucico. It is normally started
by the scheduler, uusched , but can be started manually;
this is done for debugging. For example, the shell uutry
starts uucico with debugging turned on. The -x option
specifies the level of debugging (1-9), with 9 displaying
the most information.
The -i option defines the interface used with uucico. This
interface only affects slave mode. Known interfaces are
UNIX (default), TLI (basic Transport Layer Interface), and
TLIS (Transport Layer Interface with Streams modules,
read/write); only the default, UNIX, is applicable in this
release.
The -d option can be used to specify the spool directory:
the default is /usr/spool/uucp.
If -s is specified, a call to the specified site is made
even if there is no work for site sitename in the spool
directory, but the call is made only when times in the
Systems file permit it. This is useful for polling sites
that do not have the hardware to initiate a connection.
The -S option can be used to specify the system name,
overriding the call schedule given in the Systems file. For
example, -S can be used to call a system which is listed as
``Never'' to be called in the Systems file.
Changing Packet Parameters
An additional feature is the ability to change two
specialized parameters contained in the uucico program
without having to recompile the source. (The uucico binary
is provided unstripped so that patches can be applied using
scopatch(ADM). The first is a parameter called windows,
which specifies the size of window that the sliding-window
protocol should use (how many packets it can send before
getting any ack/nack's from the remote site). windows can
be changed using the following command:
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scopatch windows
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You are prompted for the new value.
In addition, the parameter pktime can be altered.
This is the number of seconds uucico should wait before giving
up and re-transmitting the packet being sent sent.
This interval can be as long as 35 seconds, which can be costly
with overseas phone connections.
pktime can be changed in same way as windows by
using pktime as the argument to the scopatch command.
You are prompted for a new value for the parameter.
Files
/usr/lib/uucp/Systems
/usr/lib/uucp/Permissions
/usr/lib/uucp/Devices
/usr/lib/uucp/Maxuuxqts
/usr/lib/uucp/Maxuuscheds
/usr/spool/uucp/*
/usr/spool/uucppublic/*
See Also
scopatch(ADM), uusched(ADM), uutry(ADM), cron(C), uucp(C),
uustat(C), uux(C)
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