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).

Infodrom                                        21 November 2001                                 UUCPSEND.CTL(5)