NAME¶
uucpsend.ctl - list of sites to feed via uucpsend
DESCRIPTION¶
The file
/etc/news/uucpsend.ctl specifies the default list of sites to be
fed by
uucpsend(8). The program is able to read site information from
other related configuration files as well.
Comments begin with a hash mark (``#'') and continue through the end of the
line. Blank lines and comments are ignored. All other lines should consist of
six fields separated by a colon. Each line looks like
site:max_size:queue_size:header:compressor:args
The first field
site is the name of the site as specified in the
newsfeeds(5) file. This is also the name of the UUCP system connected
to this site.
The second field
max_size describes the maximum size of all batches in
kbytes that may be sent to this site. If this amount of batches is reached,
this site will not be batched with this run and a reason will be logged into
the logfile. This test includs all UUCP jobs, not only the ones sent to rnews
(performing ``du -s'').
The third field
queue_size specifies the maximum size in kbytes of one
batch. This argument is passed directly to
batcher(8).
The fourth field
header defines the text that shall appear in the command
header of every batch file. `#! ' is prefixed each batch. Normally you'll need
cunbatch for compress,
gunbatch or
zunbatch for gzip.
This header is important since there is not standard way to handle gzip'ed
batches. Using this and the next argument you're also able to use any
compressor you like. So you receive a certain amount of flexibility by using
uucpsend. If you don't want to have any compression leave the field
empty.
The fifth field
compressor names a program that reads from stdin and
writes to stdout. Normally it modifies the input stream by compressing it,
such as
compress(1) or
gzip(1).
The sixth field
args consists of additional arguments that are passed
directly to uux when sending the batch.
One entry in the main configuration file is mandatory. There must exist a line
containing the default values for all these variables. To achieve this the
pseudo site
/default/ is used.
One default entry could look like this:
/default/:2000:200:cunbatch:compress:-r -n
This reflects a minimal setup. The maximal size that may be used by the UUCP
spool directory is 2MB. Each batch will be max. 200 kBytes big. The header of
each batch will contain the string `cunbatch' and
compress(1) is used
to compress the batches. `-r -n' is passed to
uux(1) which means no
notification will be sent if uux was successful and uux won't start the
uucico(8) program when spooling the file.
HISTORY¶
Written by Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org> for InterNetNews. Most of
the work is derived from
nncpsend.ctl(5) by Landon Curt Noll
<chongo@toad.com> for InterNetNews.
SEE ALSO¶
batcher(8),
newsfeeds(5),
uucpsend(8),
uux(1).