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uupick



PURPOSE

Accepts or rejects files transmitted to a user.

SYNTAX


          +-------------+
uupick ---|             |---|
          +- -s system -+




DESCRIPTION

The Basic Networking Utilities (BNU) command uupick accepts or rejects files
that the BNU command uuto has transmitted to a designated user ID.

After the files have arrived, the rmail command notifies the specified user.
At that point, the user issues uupick to receive and handle the files.

Specifically, the uupick command searches the public directory on the local
system for files with some form of the following name:

  /usr/spool/uucppublic/receive/user_ID/system/file

For each entry (file or directory) found, uupick displays the following message
on the screen of the local system:

  from system: [file file-name] [dir dirname]
  ?

It then waits for a response from standard input to determine the disposition
of the file.  Issuing the uupick command with the appropriate file-handling
option completes the transfer.

File-Handling Options

After notifying the specified user that a file has been sent from system,
uupick displays a question mark (?), prompting for one of the following
file-handling options:

*           Displays all the file-handling options.

Enter       Moves on to the next entry in the receive directory.




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a [dir]     Moves all uuto files currently in the receive directory into a
            specified directory on the local system.  The default is the
            current working directory.  Use a full or relative path name to
            specify dir.

d           Deletes the specified file.

m [dir]     Moves the specified file to a specified directory.  If dir is not
            specified as a complete path name, a destination relative to the
            current directory is assumed.  If no destination is given, the
            default is the current working directory on the local system.

p           Displays the contents of the file on the work station screen.

q           Stops processing and exits from the uupick command.

Ctrl-D      Same as q.

!cmd        Escapes to a shell to run the specified AIX command.  After the
            command executes, returns automatically to uupick so the user can
            continue to handle the uuto files in the receive directory.

FLAGS

-ssystem          Searches /usr/spool/uucppublic/receive/user_ID/system/file
                  only for files sent from the specified system.

EXAMPLES

  1. To receive "file1" sent with the uuto command from user "msg" on system
    "apollo":

      uupick

    The system responds:

      from system apollo: file file1
      ?

  2. Enter an asterisk (*) to display the uupick file-handling options:

      ?
      *

    The system responds:

      usage [d] [m dir] [a dir] [p] [q] [cntl-d] [!cmd] [*] [new-line]

    Enter the appropriate option, or use the q option or the Ctrl-D sequence to
    exit from the uupick command.





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FILES

/usr/spool/uucppublic  Public directory.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "bellmail,"  "uuto,"  "uucp," and "uux."

See the chapter on basic networking utilities in Managing the AIX Operating
System.













































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