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From: terry@jgaltstl.UUCP (terry linhardt)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: getting UUCP expect/send scripts working
Summary: cu doesn't use Systems
Message-ID: <449@jgaltstl.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 91 01:14:12 GMT
References: <1991Mar4.213742.17329@wciu.EDU>
Organization: The Lafayette Group, St. Louis, MO.
Lines: 39

In article <1991Mar4.213742.17329@wciu.EDU>, george@wciu.wciu.edu (George Peavy) writes:
> Here's the problem: I have things working enough that I can call out manually
> using cu, but when I attach to a remote system, the expect/send set up in my
> Systems file are being ignored (I have checked this using cu -d).  Thus, my
> attempts to get uucico to work so far have been in vain.

'cu' doesn't use the Systems file! The only file you must configure to
get cu to work is Devices. (I am assuming that Dialers is okay).

So, when you use 'cu' with the debug option, it is displaying the
expect/send sequence from Dialers, NOT Systems.

If you want to test a uucico link, you want to run it with the
'x' option, e.g.
		   uucico -r1 -x9 -sRemote_system

where the number with the x sets the debug level (amount of detail
reported). The most detail is reported with the x9 option.

You are on the right track in trying to use a debug option to get
uucico to work. I don't think I would try to get a link working without
using the debut option. It's just that you need the debug mode of
uucico (the -x#), rather that the debug mode of cu.

Remember, when using the debugging option, is that the failure
occurs where you have a problem. Fix the problem, and do it
again, until you finally get it to work.

Also, remember that a option such as -x9 displays a *lot* of 
information which you may not understand. But that's okay. You
are basically looking to see where the various expect/send
sequences fail, and you should be able to figure that out from
the output.

Good luck.
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