uucleanup(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      uucleanup(8)

NAME

       uucleanup - Deletes selected old files from the uucp spool directory

SYNOPSIS

       uucleanup [options]

FLAGS

       If  you	specify one of the following flags, you must provide a value for days.	The default value listed is used if the flag is not speci-
       fied.  Removes any C.*(Command) files as old as or older than the number of days specified by days, and sends  appropriate  information	to
       the  requester.	 The  default is 7 days.  The -C and -W flags cannot be combined.  Removes any D.*(Data) files as old as or older than the
       number of days specified in days.  Also attempts to deliver any remaining mail messages.  The default is 7 days.  Includes a specified line
       of  text  in  the warning message generated by the -W flag.  The default line is: We have been unable to contact machine machine_name since
       you queued your job.

	      The -m flag can be used only with the -W flag.  Removes files in addition to those specified by the -C, -D, and -X flags that are as
	      old  as  or older than the number of days specified in days.  The default is 2 days.  Executes uucleanup only on the spool directory
	      specified by system.  The default is to clean up all uucp spool directories.

	      Note that system names can contain only ASCII characters.  Removes TM.* (Temporary) files as old as or older than the number of days
	      specified by the days argument.  Also attempts to deliver any remaining mail messages.  The default is 7 days.  Sends a mail message
	      to the requester warning that C*.  files as old as or older than the number of days specified in days are still in the spool  direc-
	      tory.  The message includes the job ID and, in the case of mail, the mail message.  The administrator can use the -m flag to include
	      a message line telling who to call to check the problem.	The default is 1 day.  Removes any X.*(Execute) files as old as  or  older
	      than the number of days specified in days.  The default is 2 days.  Displays debugging information on the screen of the local termi-
	      nal; level must be an integer from 0 to 9.  The higher the number, the more detailed the debugging information.

DESCRIPTION

       The uucleanup program removes outdated files from the spool directory /usr/spool/uucp.  The uucleanup  program  scans  the  /usr/spool/uucp
       spool  directory  for  old files and takes appropriate action to remove them in a useful way.  The uucleanup command performs the following
       tasks: Informs the requester of send/receive requests for systems that cannot be reached Warns users about requests that wait  more than  a
       specified  number  of  days (the default is 1 day) Returns mail that cannot be delivered to the sender Removes all other files older than a
       specified number of days from the spool directory.

       The uucleanup program is not usually invoked from the command line, but is executed  by	the  shell  procedure  uudemon.cleanu  located	in
       /usr/lib/uucp,  which in turn is started by the cron script located in /usr/adm/cron/crontabs/uucp.  Only someone with superuser privileges
       can issue the uucleanup command from the command line.

       To enable automatic cleanup, edit the file /usr/adm/cron/crontabs/uucp.	Remove the #  (number  sign)  from  the  beginning  of	the  uude-
       mon.cleanu line.

EXAMPLES

       To  locate  files,  enter: # uucleanup -W2 This form of the command locates C.* (Command) files 2 or more days old and warns the requesters
       that the files have not been sent.  To send a message with a warning, enter: # uucleanup -W2 -mContact the System Admin about  these  files
       This  form  of  the command  locates C.* (Command) files 1 or more days old (the default), warns requesters their files have not been sent,
       and gives them the message: Contact the System Admin about these files.	To clean up command files that are 8 or more days  old,  enter:  #
       uucleanup  -C8  This  form  of  the  command  removes  all  C.*	(Command) files 8 or more days old and sends an appropriate message to the
       requesters.  Other uucp spool files are removed based on the default value for that type.  To clean up data and	execute  files,  enter:  #
       uucleanup  -D7 -X3 This form of the command removes all D.* (Data) files 7 or more days old (the default) and all X.* (Execute) files older
       than 3 days and attempts to deliver all undelivered mail.  Remaining uucp spool files are removed based on the default value for that type.
       To  clean up other files, enter: # uucleanup -o2 This form of the command removes uucp spool files according to their default values except
       for other files, which are removed if 2 days or older.  To clean up all files at once, enter the command without flags:	#  uucleanup  This
       form  of  the  command removes all C.*, D.*, and X.* files, and all other files older than the default times.  To clean up files for system
       hera, enter: # uucleanup -shera -C5 This form of the command removes all C.*  files 5 or more days old  and  the  other	uucp  spool  files
       according to their default files for system hera (the files are in /usr/spool/uucp/hera/*).

FILES

       Specifies the command path.  File that starts uudemon.cleanu shell procedure.  Contains all the configuration files for uucp, and the uude-
       mon.cleanu shell procedure.  Schedules uucp jobs for the cron daemon, including the uudemon.cleanu shell procedure.  Contains files removed
       by the uucleanup command.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Commands:  cron(8), uucp(1), uustat(1), uux(1) delim off

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