uustat(1)uustat(1)NAMEuustat - Reports status of and provides job control for remote file
transfer requests and other operations
SYNOPSISuustat [-a | -k job_number | -m | -p | -q | -r job_number] [-s sys‐
tem] [-u user]
The uustat command displays status information about several types of
file transfer operations.
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry stan‐
dards as follows:
uustat: XCU5.0
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
industry standards and associated tags.
OPTIONS
The following options are mutually exclusive; you can use only one at a
time with the uustat command: [Tru64 UNIX] Displays information about
all the jobs in the holding queue, regardless of the user who issued
the original command.
There are two types of queues: The current queue lists the jobs
queued to run on or currently running on one or more specified
computers. Use the uustat-q command to examine this queue.
The holding queue, displayed with uustat-a, lists all jobs that
have not executed during a set period of time.
After the set time period has elapsed, the entries in the hold‐
ing queue are deleted manually with the uucleanup command or
automatically with the file /var/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp
(includes uudemon.cleanu), which is started by cron. When send‐
ing files to a system that was not contacted recently, it is a
good idea to use the uustat command to see when the last access
occurred, as the remote system might be out of service. Cancels
(kills) the process specified by job_number. The person using
this option must be the one who made the uucp request now being
canceled, or must be operating with superuser authority.
This option cancels a process only when that job is still on the
local computer. Once the job has been moved to a remote system
for execution, -kjob_number cannot be used to cancel the remote
job. [Tru64 UNIX] Reports the status of the most recent
attempt to contact the specified system. If the request was
completed, the status report is SUCCESSFUL. If the job was not
completed, the status report is an error message, such as LOGIN
FAILED. [Tru64 UNIX] Runs a ps -flp (process status: a full,
long list of specified process IDs) for all PID numbers in the
lock files. Lists the jobs currently queued to run on each sys‐
tem; these jobs are either waiting to execute or are in the
process of executing. If a status file exists for the system,
its date, time, and status information are reported. Once the
job is finished, that job listing is removed from the current
queue.
In a status report, a number in parentheses next to the number
of a C.* (command) file or an X.* (execute) file represents
the age in days of the oldest C.*/X.* file for that system.
The retry field represents the number of times the command could
not be executed because of such factors as a failed login,
locked files, an unavailable device, and so on. Marks the files
in the holding queue specified by job_number with the current
date and time. Use this option to ensure that a cleanup opera‐
tion does not delete files until the job's modification time
reaches the end of the specified period.
You can use either one or both of the following options with uustat:
Reports the status of requests for the system specified by system. The
system name must contain only ASCII characters. Reports the status of
requests by the specified user for any system.
DESCRIPTION
The uustat command is particularly useful in monitoring transfer (copy)
requests issued with the uucp and uuto commands, and requests made with
the uux command to run commands on a remote system.
In addition, uustat also gives a user limited control over jobs queued
to run on remote systems. By issuing the command with the appropriate
option, a user can check the general status of connections to other
systems, and cancel copy requests made with uucp and uuto.
If uustat is issued without any options, the command reports the status
of all requests issued by the current user since the last time the
holding queue was cleaned up. Such status reports are displayed in the
following format:
job_number date/time
status system user size file
See EXAMPLES for an explanation of this format.
EXAMPLES
To display the status of all jobs in the holding queue, enter: uustat-a
The system responds with a message similar to the following:
heraC3113 Wed Nov 06 17:47:25 1991 S hera amy 289
D.venus471afd8 zeusN3130 Wed Nov 06 09:14:30 1991 R zeus geo
338 D.venus471bc0a merlinC3120 Tue Nov 05 16:02:33 1991 S mer‐
lin amy 828 /u/amy/tt merlinC3119 Tue Nov 05 12:32:01 1991 S
merlin msg rmail amy
The first field is the job ID of the operation, which is fol‐
lowed by the date and time the command was issued. The third
field is either an S or an R, depending on whether the job is to
send or request a file. The fourth field is the name of the
system on which the command was entered, followed by the user ID
of the person who issued the command. The sixth field is the
size of the file, or, in the case of a remote execution like the
last entry in the example, the name of the remote command. When
the size of the file is given, the filename is also displayed.
The filename can be either the name given by the user, as in the
/u/amy/tt entry, or a name that is assigned internally to data
files associated with remote executions, such as D.venus471afd8.
To display the status of all jobs in the current queue, enter:
uustat-q
The system responds with a message similar to the following:
merlin 3C Mon Jul 15 11:02:35 1991 NO DEVICES AVAILABLE hera
2C Mon Jul 15 10:55:22 1991 SUCCESSFUL zeus 1C (2) Mon Jul 15
10:59:48 1991 CAN'T ACCESS DEVICE
The output tells how many C.* (command) files are waiting for
each system. The date and time refer to the current interaction
with the system, followed by a report of the status of the
interaction. The (2) in the third line of the example indicates
that the C.* file has been in the queue for 2 days. [Tru64
UNIX] To display all process IDs in the lock file, enter: uus‐
tat -p [Tru64 UNIX] To cancel a job in the current queue, first
determine the job ID and then issue the command (uustat -k) to
cancel the job. To determine the job ID, enter: uustat-a
The system responds with a message similar to the following:
heraC3113 Wed Nov 06 17:47:14 1991 S hera amy 289 D.venus471afd8
merlinC3119 Wed Nov 06 17:49:37 1991 S merlin geo 338
D.venus471bc0a
To cancel the job with the ID of heraC3113: uustat-k heraC3113
To report the status of jobs requested by system hera, enter:
uustat-s hera
The system responds with a message similar to the following:
heraNlbd7 Mon Jul 15 12:09:44 1991 S hera amy 522 /user/amy/A
heraClbd8 Mon Jul 15 12:10:30 1991 S hera amy 59 D.3b2a12ce4924
heraC3119 Mon Jul 15 12:11:11 1991 S hera amy rmail msg To
report the status of jobs requested by user amy, enter: uustat-u amy
This option displays output similar to that produced by the -s
option.
FILES
Prevents multiple use of device. Spooling directory.
SEE ALSO
Commands: cron(8), ct(1), cu(1), echo(1), ps(1), rmail(1), stty(1),
tip(1), uucico(8), uucleanup(8), uucp(1), uulog(1), uuname(1),
uupick(1), uusched(8), uusend(1), uuto(1), uux(1)
Standards: standards(5)uustat(1)
