uuclean(8c) [ultrix man page]
uuclean(8c) uuclean(8c) Name uuclean - uucp spool directory clean-up Syntax uuclean -p[pre] [ options ... ] Description The command scans the spool directory for files with the specified prefix and deletes all those which are older than the specified number of hours. The -ppre argument causes the command to scan for files with pre as the file prefix. You can specify up to 10 arguments. A without any pre following causes all files older than the specified time to be deleted. You must specify at least one argument. Options -ntime Delete all files whose age is more than time, in hours, (default is 72 hours) and that have the specified pre as their file prefix. -m Send mail to the owner of the file when it is deleted. -ssystem Delete files in all directories that are subdirectories of the per system spool directory that exists for system. If ALL is specified, then all system directories are processed. ALL is the default. -ddirectory Delete files that reside in the named directory. The default directory is The option over rides the option. The command typically starts the program. In earlier versions, a deleted work file (C.file) would result in mail to the owner of the work file, regardless of the option. Now, notification of deleted work files is sent to the user ID "uucp". If the option is used, mail is also sent to the owner. Examples Here are some example command lines: # uuclean -pLTMP. -pLOG. -n4 -d/usr/spool/uucp # uuclean -d/usr/spool/uucp/.XQTDIR -p -n # uuclean -smarkie -p -n84 The third example deletes all files for the system that are older than 84 hours. Files Directory with commands used by uuclean internally See Also uucp(1c), uux(1c), cron(8) uuclean(8c)
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uuclean(1M) uuclean(1M) NAME
uuclean - uucp spool directory clean-up SYNOPSIS
[options] DESCRIPTION
The commands, including are targeted for removal from HP-UX; see the below. scans the spool directories for files with the specified prefix and deletes all those that are older than the specified number of hours. Options recognizes the following options: Clean directory instead of the spool directory. If directory is not a valid spool directory, it cannot contain ``work files''; i.e., files whose names start with These files have special meaning to pertaining to job statistics. Scan for files with pre as the file prefix. Up to 10 arguments can be specified. A without any pre following will cause all files older than the specified time to be deleted. Files whose age is more than time hours are deleted if the prefix test is satisfied (default time is 72 hours). The default action for is to remove files that are older than a specified time (see option). The option is used to find files older than time hours; however, the files are not deleted. If the argument file is present the warning is placed in file; oth- erwise, the warnings go to the standard output. Only files destined for system sys are examined. Up to 10 arguments can be specified. The option sends mail to the owner of the file when it is deleted. If a file is specified, an entry is placed in file. This program is typically started by (see cron(1M)). WARNINGS
Use of commands, including is discouraged because they are targeted for removal from HP-UX. Use ftp(1) or rcp(1) instead. FILES
spool directory SEE ALSO
uucp(1), uux(1), cron(1M), uucleanup(1M). Tim O'Reilly and Grace Todino, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. USA. Grace Todino and Dale Dougherty, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. USA. TO BE OBSOLETED uuclean(1M)