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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 specified.

  -C days   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.

  -D days   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.

  -m string 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.

  -o days   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.

  -s system 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.

  -T days   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.

  -W 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 directory.  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.

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

  -x level  Displays debugging information on the screen of the local
	    terminal; 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  The uucleanup program removes outdated files from the spool directory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 uudemon.cleanu line.

EXAMPLES
   1.  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.

   2.  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.

   3.  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.

   4.  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.

   5.  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.

   6.  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.

   7.  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
  /usr/lib/uucp/uucleanup
	    Specifies the command path.

  /usr/sbin/cron
	    File that starts uudemon.cleanu shell procedure.

  /usr/lib/uucp
	    Contains all the configuration files for uucp, and the
	    uudemon.cleanu shell procedure.

  /usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp
	    Schedules uucp jobs for the cron daemon, including the
	    uudemon.cleanu shell procedure.

  /usr/spool/uucp/*
	    Contains files removed by the uucleanup command.

RELATED INFORMATION
  Commands:  cron(8), uucp(1), uustat(1), uux(1)

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