1*62401Sbostic.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991, 1993 2*62401Sbostic.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 327395Smckusick.\" 447469Scael.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 527395Smckusick.\" 6*62401Sbostic.\" @(#)uupoll.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/06/93 747469Scael.\" 847469Scael.Dd 947469Scael.Dt UUPOLL 8 1047469Scael.Os BSD 4.3 1147469Scael.Sh NAME 1247469Scael.Nm uupoll 1347469Scael.Nd poll a remote 1447469Scael.Tn UUCP 1547469Scaelsite 1647469Scael.Sh SYNOPSIS 1747469Scael.Nm uupoll 1847469Scael.Op Fl g Ns Ar grade 1947469Scael.Op Fl n 2047469Scael.Ar system 2147469Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION 2247469Scael.Nm Uupoll 2327395Smckusickis used to force a poll of a remote system. It queues a null job for the 2427395Smckusickremote system and then invokes 2547469Scael.Xr uucico 8 . 2647469Scael.Pp 2727395SmckusickThe following options are available: 2847469Scael.Bl -tag -width Fl 2947469Scael.It Fl g Ns Ar grade 3027395SmckusickOnly send jobs of grade 3147469Scael.Ar grade 3227395Smckusickor higher on this call. 3347469Scael.It Fl n 3427395SmckusickQueue the null job, but do not invoke 3547469Scael.Xr uucico . 3647469Scael.El 3747469Scael.Pp 3847469Scael.Nm Uupoll 3927395Smckusickis usually run by 4047469Scael.Xr cron 5 4127395Smckusickor by a user who wants to hurry a job along. A typical entry in 4247469Scael.Em crontab 4327395Smckusickcould be: 4447469Scael.Bd -literal 4547469Scael0 0,8,16 * * * daemon /usr/bin/uupoll ihnp4 4647469Scael0 4,12,20 * * * daemon /usr/bin/uupoll ucbvax 4747469Scael.Ed 4847469Scael.Pp 4927395SmckusickThis will poll 5047469Scael.Em ihnp4 5127395Smckusickat midnight, 0800, and 1600, and 5247469Scael.Em ucbvax 5327395Smckusickat 0400, noon, and 2000. 5447469Scael.Pp 5527395SmckusickIf the local machine is already running 5647469Scael.Xr uucico 5727395Smckusickevery 5827395Smckusickhour and has a limited number of outgoing modems, a more elegant approach 5927395Smckusickmight be: 6047469Scael.Bd -literal 6147469Scael0 0,8,16 * * * daemon /usr/bin/uupoll -n ihnp4 6247469Scael0 4,12,20 * * * daemon /usr/bin/uupoll -n ucbvax 6347469Scael5 * * * * daemon /usr/lib/uucp/uucico -r1 6447469Scael.Ed 6547469Scael.Pp 6627395SmckusickThis will queue null jobs for the remote sites at the top of hour; they 6727395Smckusickwill be processed by 6847469Scael.Xr uucico 6927395Smckusickwhen it runs five minutes later. 7047469Scael.Sh FILES 7147469Scael.Bl -tag -width /usr/lib/uucp/UUCP -compact 7247469Scael.It Pa /usr/lib/uucp/UUCP 7347469Scaelinternal files/utilities 7447469Scael.It Pa /var/spool/uucp/ 7547469ScaelSpool directory 7647469Scael.El 7747469Scael.Sh SEE ALSO 7847469Scael.Xr uucp 1 , 7947469Scael.Xr uux 1 , 8047469Scael.Xr uucico 8 8147469Scael.Sh HISTORY 8247469ScaelThe 8347469Scael.Nm 8447469Scaelcommand appeared in 8547469Scael.Bx 4.3 . 86