Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!sdcrdcf!otto!jim From: jim@otto.UUCP (Jim Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Help with UUCP Message-ID: <268@otto.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 19:16:06 EST Article-I.D.: otto.268 Posted: Mon Jan 5 19:16:06 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Jan-87 18:48:34 EST References: <2051@brl-adm.UUCP> <217000001@orstcs.UUCP> Reply-To: jim@otto.UUCP (Jim Thompson) Organization: Las Vegas Sun - Nevada's Largest Daily Morning Newspaper Lines: 55 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: In article <217000001@orstcs.UUCP> hakanson@orstcs.UUCP (hakanson) writes: > >/* Written 12:03 pm Dec 29, 1986 by kvancamp@ARDEC.a@brl-adm in comp.unix.ques */ >/* ---------- "Help with UUCP" ---------- */ >> . . . >> RETRY TIME (3300) NOT REACHED >> . . . >> I also tried 'Any,1' to force the minimum >> retry time to be one minute, with the same results. >/* End of text from orstcs:comp.unix.ques */ > >From looking at the sources in 4.2bsd (and 4.3bsd, I presume), I found >that the minimum retry time is 5 minutes, even if you set it smaller. >I think the default was about 60 minutes, but I may have misremembered. >At any rate, this will probably be different on non-BSD uucp's.... > (Opps.) Well, under 4.2 bsd and Sun3.0 Setting Any,1 or even Any,0 will work as expected. The DEFAULT retry time is 5 min. Read the source a little closer. The original poster had a problem whilst invoking uucico -r1 -s(system) without first removing the /usr/spool/STST.system. (In other dirs in HDB and 4.3) There (usually) exists some kind of executable or script called 'uupoll' in /usr/lib/uucp. Here's one: (written from scratch, so don't flame on minor mistakes) #! /bin/sh cd /usr/lib/uucp rm -f /usr/spool/uucp/STST.$1 exec uucico -r1 -s$1 $2 Note that the 'rm' line may have to be changed if you keep your 'status' files somewhere other than /usr/spool/uucp. Invoke as 'uupoll system-name' or (optionally) (if you are debugging) uupoll system-name -x5 (or 7 or 9) -- --Jim ____________________________________________________________________________ | try: {akgua,ihnp4,mirror,sdcrdcf}!otto!jim Jim Thompson | | for "smart" mailers -- jim@otto.UUCP Las Vegas Sun | | 2551 Green Valley Pkwy | |Henderson, Nv. 89015 | | "All of life is a blur of Republicans and meat" (702) 454-4636 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------