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NAME
uux - unix to unix command execution
SYNOPSIS
uux [ options ] command-arg ...
DESCRIPTION
Uux will execute a command on a specified system with files
and standard output on specified files and systems. For
security reasons, most machines allow only selected commands
to be run, perhaps only receipt of incoming mail.
The command-args make up a sh(1) command with with command
and file arguments possibly written system!file. A missing
system is interpreted as the local system. Files may be
prefixed by ~xxx/ to represent the home directory for login
name xxx on the specified system.
Uux copies all files to the execution system. Files to be
returned as outputs must be enclosed in (escaped) parenthe-
ses. Files must have general read permission.
The options are
-aname Use name as the user identification replacing the
initiator user-id. (Notification will be returned
to the user.)
-b Return standard input to the command if the exit
status is non-zero.
-c Don't copy local file to the spool directory for
transfer to the remote machine (default).
-C Force the copy of local files to the spool directory
for transfer.
-ggrade Grade is a single letter/number; earlier ASCII
sequence characters will cause the job to be trans-
mitted earlier during a particular conversation.
The default is N.
-j Place the jobid, an ASCII string, on the standard
output. The jobid can be used by uustat(1) to
obtain the status or terminate a job.
-n Suppress mail notification about failures.
-p
- Take the standard input to uux as the standard input
to the executed command.
-r Don't start the file transfer, just queue the job.
-sfile Report status of the transfer in file.
-xdebug Produce debugging output on stdout. Debug is a num-
ber between 0 and 9; higher numbers give more
detailed information.
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-z Notify the user if the command succeeds.
FILES
spool directory
other data and programs
SEE ALSO
uucp(1), uucico(8), uustat(1)
BUGS
All the commands in a shell pipeline are executed on the
machine of the first command.
Because files are gathered into a common directory, two
files for one command cannot have the same basename. This
won't work: uux "a!diff b!/usr/dan/xyz c!/usr/dan/xyz >
!xyz.diff".