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uucleanup



PURPOSE

Deletes selected files older than a specified number of days from the BNU spool
directory or a named directory.

SYNTAX


                           +-----------+
             +-------------|           |--------+
             |             +- -C time -+        |   +-----------+
uucleanup ---|                                  |---|           |--->
             |   +----------------------------+ |   +- -D time -+
             +---|            +-------------+ |-+
                 +- -W time --|             |-+
                              +- -m string -+

        +-----------+   +-----------+   +-------------+   +-------------+
    >---|           |---|           |---|             |---|             |---|
        +- -X time -+   +- -o time -+   +- -s system -+   +-- -T time --+



DESCRIPTION

The Basic Networking Utilities (BNU) program uucleanup scans the spool
directory (/usr/spool/uucp) for old files and takes appropriate action to
remove them in a useful way.  Used primarily by the BNU program administrator,
uucleanup performs the following tasks:

  o Informs the requester of send/receive requests for systems that cannot be
    reached
  o Warns users about requests that have been waiting for a given number of
    days; the default is 1 day
  o Returns mail that cannot be delivered to the sender
  o Removes all other files older than a specified number of days from the
    spool directory.

The uucleanup program is started by the shell uudemon.cleanup, located in
/usr/adm/uucp, which in turn is started by the cron script, located in
/usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp.  In general, uucleanup is executed
automatically.  You can also start the uucleanup program manually if you have
superuser privileges.







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Note:  When BNU is installed, automatic cleanup is not enabled.  Edit the file
       /usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp and remove the comment character # from
       the beginning of the uudemon.cleanup line.

FLAGS

-Ctime                Removes any C.* (command) files as old as, or older than,
                      the number of days specified in time, and sends
                      appropriate information to the requester.  Unless
                      specified otherwise, the default time is 7 days.

-Dtime                Removes any D.* (data) files as old as, or older than,
                      the number of days specified in time.  Also attempts to
                      deliver any remaining mail messages.  The default time is
                      7 days.

-Ttime                Removes any T.* (temporary) files as old as, or older
                      than, the number of days specified in time.  Also
                      attempts to deliver any remaining mail messages.  The
                      default time is 7 days.

-Wtime                Sends a mail message to the requester warning that C.
                      files as old as, or older than, the number of days
                      specified in time are still in the spool directory.  The
                      message includes the job ID and, in the case of mail, the
                      mail message.  The administrator may use the -m option to
                      include a message line telling whom to call to check the
                      problem.  The default time is 1 day.

-Xtime                Removes any X.* (execute) files as old as, or older than,
                      the number of days specified in time.  The default time
                      is 2 days.

                      Note:  There are probably no related data files.  If any
                             related data files remain, however, they are
                             handled by D.* processing, as described above.

-mstring              Includes a specified line of text in the warning message
                      generated by the -Wtime option.  The default line is:
                      "See your local administrator to locate the problem".

-otime                Removes other files as old as, or older than, the number
                      of days specified in time.  The default time is 2 days.

-ssystem              Executes uucleanup only on the spool directory specified
                      by system The default is to clean up all BNU spool
                      directories.

                      Note:  Unless one of the time flags is set to a specific
                             number of days, uucleanup uses the default times
                             values.




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FILES

/etc/cron                      Command that starts uudemon.cleanup.
/usr/adm/uucp                  Directory with commands used internally by
                               uucleanup.
/usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp  File that tells cron to start uucp-related
                               daemons, including uudemon.cleanup.
/usr/spool/uucp                Spooling directory.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "cron,"  "uucp," and  "uux."

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

See Chapter 18 of the AIX Programming Tools and Interfaces for general
information on using commands in an MBCS environment.





































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