SYNOPSIS

       send-uucp [SITE ...]

DESCRIPTION

       The send-uucp program processes batch files written by innd(8) to send
       Usenet articles to UUCP sites.  It reads a configuration file to con-
       trol how it behaves with various sites.  Normally, it's run periodi-
       cally out of cron to put together batches and send them to remote UUCP
       sites.

OPTIONS

       Any arguments provided to the program are interpreted as a list of
       sites specfied in send-uucp.cf for which batches should be generated.
       If no arguments are supplied then batches will be generated for all
       sites listed in that configuration file.

CONFIGURATION

       The sites to which articles are to be sent must be configured in the
       configuration file send-uucp.cf.  Each site is specified with a line of
       the form:

           site[:host] [compressor [maxsize [batchtime]]]

       site
           The news site name being configured.  This must match a site name
           from newsfeeds(5).

       host
           The UUCP host name to which batches should be sent for this site.
           If omitted, the news site name will be used as the UUCP host name.

       compressor
           The compression method to use for batches.  This should be one of
           compress, gzip or none.  Arguments for the compression command may
           be specified by using "_" instead of spaces. For example,
           "gzip_-9".  The default value is "compress".

       maxsize
           The maximum size of a single batch before compression.  The default
           value is 500,000 bytes.

       batchtime
           A comma separated list of hours during which batches should be gen-
           erated for a given site.  When send-uucp runs, a site will only be
           processed if the current hour matches one of the hours in
           batchtime.  The default is no limitation on when to generate
           batches.

       Fields are seperated by spaces and only the site name needs to be spec-
       ified, with defaults being used for unspecified values.  If the first
       character on a line is a "#" then the rest of the line is ignored.

       zoetermeer, hoofddorp, pa3ebv, and manhole sites will only have batches
       generated for them during the hours of 05:00, 18:00, and 22:00, and the
       drinkel site will only have batches generated during those hours and
       20:00, 00:00, and 02:00.  There are no restrictions on when batches
       will be generated for owl or able.

FILES

       pathetc/send-uucp.cf
           Configuration file specifying a list of sites to be processed.

NOTES

       The usual flags used for a UUCP feed in the newsfeeds file are
       "Tf,Wfb".

SEE ALSO

       innd(8), newsfeeds(5), uucp(8)

AUTHOR

       This program was originally written by Edvard Tuinder <ed@elm.net> and
       then maintained and extended by Miquel van Smoorenburg
       <miquels@cistron.nl>.  Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> cleaned up the code
       for inclusion in INN.  This manual page was written by Mark Brown
       <broonie@sirena.org.uk>.



INN 2.4.0                         2003-05-04                      SEND-UUCP(8)