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From: dell@Apple.COM (Thomas E. Dell)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: uucp problem with waffle
Message-ID: <42554@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 2 Jul 90 05:28:20 GMT
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ddodell@stjhmc.fidonet.org (David Dodell) writes:

>I am trying to use the waffle uucp to copy a file up to my host.  I use the 
>command:

>uucp asuvax!~/nodelist.180 nodelist.180

This is backwards. If you're trying to copy a file TO your
neighbor, try the command

uucp nodelist.100 asuvax!~/nodelist.100

>But get back the following, any ideas?
>
>(3) outgoing: "R ~/nodelist.180 nodelist.180 uucp -dc"
>(0) file problem RN2 on remote host: nodelist.180

asuvax is trying to send you a file "nodelist.180", and it
can't find it. The uucp command takes as its two arguments source
and destination, in that order.

   ...Tom

dell@vox.darkside.com / Thomas E Dell