uuto(1)uuto(1)NAMEuuto - Copies public files between systems using local file access con‐
trol
SYNOPSISuuto [-mp] source... user
The uuto command copies one or more source files from one system to a
specified user on another system.
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry stan‐
dards as follows:
uuto(): XCU5.0
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
industry standards and associated tags.
OPTIONS
Notifies the sender by mail when the copy is complete. 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 direc‐
tory on the specified remote system. The default is to transfer a
source file directly to the specified user.
DESCRIPTION
The uuto command calls the uucp command for the actual file transfer,
but uuto enables the recipient to use the uupick command to handle the
transferred files on the local system.
The source argument is the name of the files on the local system, or a
pathname to the files on the system that runs the command. The user 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 sys‐
tem, and user is the login name of the recipient of the transferred
files on the specified system.
When copying a file from one user to another user on the local system,
omit the system entry; the destination is simply the login name 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 addi‐
tional directory called receive (if it does not already exist), plus
the directory /user/system under receive. The full pathnames to the
copied files are of the following form, /usr/spool/uucppub‐
lic/receive/user/system/file
where user is the login name of the recipient and system is the name of
the system from which file was copied.
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
file has arrived from system system 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.
NOTES
The uuto utility is marked LEGACY in XCU Issue 5.
EXAMPLES
To copy the file /usr/bin/file1 on local system hera to user karen on
remote system zeus, enter the following: uuto /usr/bin/file1 zeus!karen
The file /usr/bin/file1 is sent to remote system zeus, and is
stored there at /usr/spool/uucppublic/receive/karen/hera/file1.
To copy a file to a user on a remote system and receive a mes‐
sage back telling you if the source file was successfully
copied, enter: uuto-m /usr/bin/file2 zeus!karen
The file /usr/bin/file2 is sent to the user karen on the remote
system zeus at the same location as in Example 1, and a message
confirming that the copy was successful is returned to the
sender. To copy a file to another user on local system hera,
enter: uuto /usr/bin/file3 ron
The file /usr/bin/file3 is sent to the user ron on the local
system, and is stored in /usr/spool/uucppub‐
lic/receive/ron/hera/file3. No mail message is sent to the
recipient in a local transfer.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of uuto:
[Tru64 UNIX] Specifies the flow control used on the connection. Per‐
mitted values are: HW (hardware), SW (software), HSW (hardware and
software), and NONE. The uugetty on the remote system must also use the
same flow control. Provides a default value for the internationaliza‐
tion variables that are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the
corresponding value from the default locale is used. If any of the
internationalization variables contains an invalid setting, the utility
behaves as if none of the variables had been defined. If set to a non-
empty string value, overrides the values of all the other internation‐
alization variables. Determines the locale for the interpretation of
sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte
as opposed to multibyte characters in arguments and input files).
Determines the locale that should be used to affect the format and con‐
tents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. Determines the
location of message catalogues for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.
[Tru64 UNIX] Specifies the amount of time (in seconds) for uucico to
try to establish a connection before it times out. A value of 0 (zero)
indicates an unlimited amount of time.
FILES
Public directory.
SEE ALSO
Commands: mail(1), ct(1), cu(1), rmail(1), tip(1), uucico(8), uucle‐
anup(8), uucp(1), uuencode(1), uulog(1), uuname(1), uupick(1),
uusched(8), uusend(1), uustat(1), uux(1)
Standards: standards(5)uuto(1)
