...UUCP? what are the applications of UUCP?

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Answer by Julius Selvakumar T
Submitted on 12/16/2003
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UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Protocol) is a set of Unix programs for copying (sending) files between different UNIX systems and for sending commands to be executed on another system. The main UUCP commands (each supported by a UUCP program) are: uucp, which requests the copying of a specific file to another specified system uux, which sends a UNIX command to another system where it is queued for execution uucico, which runs on a UNIX system as the program that carries out the copying and initiates execution of the commands that have been sent. Typically, this program is run at various times of day; meanwhile, the copy (uucp) and command (uux) requests are queued until the uucico program is run. uuxqt, which executes the commands sent by uux, usually after being started by the uucico program The uucico programs are the programs that actually communicate across a network. There are several network protocols (variations on packet size and error-checking) that can be used by uucico programs, depending on the kinds of carrier networks being used.

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