uucp Command

The uucp command in Linux is used to copy files between systems using the Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol (UUCP). UUCP is a protocol that was historically used to transfer files between Unix systems over dial-up telephone lines. While UUCP is not as widely used as it once was, it can still be useful in certain situations where file transfers need to be done over serial connections or through a shell account.

Here are some examples of how to use the uucp command:

To copy a file called “file.txt” from the local system to a remote system called “remote”, you can use the command uucp file.txt remote:/path/to/destination
To copy a directory called “mydir” from the remote system “remote” to the local system, you can use the command uucp remote:/path/to/mydir mydir
To specify a specific UUCP configuration file, you can use the -f option, like this: uucp -f myconfig file.txt remote:/path/to/destination

It is important to note that uucp requires uucico daemon to be running on both systems in order to work properly. Also the uucp command is less used these days and there are other file transfer protocols like SCP and SFTP that provides more security and encryption options.

Example :

$ uucp file.txt remote:/path/to/destination

This command will copy “file.txt” from the local system to the remote system with the destination path as “/path/to/destination”

$ uucp -f myconfig remote:/path/to/mydir mydir

This command will copy the directory “mydir” from the remote system to the local system and use the “myconfig” file as the UUCP configuration file.

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