Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!crum From: crum@fcom.cc.utah.edu (Gary Crum) Subject: Re: UUCP using V.32 or HST modem connections In-Reply-To: robin@pensoft.UUCP's message of 26 Mar 91 17:22:27 GMT Message-ID: Sender: crum@fcom.cc.utah.edu (Gary Crum) Organization: University of Utah References: <3354@pensoft.UUCP> Distribution: comp Date: 28 Mar 91 17:30:05 In article <3354@pensoft.UUCP> robin@pensoft.UUCP (Robin Wilson) writes: >connection? Can BNU be configured to establish SLIP connections before >trying to do TCP UUCP transfers? Why would you want to do this? Why don't you just use rcp or something? It is often appropriate to queue up transfer requests and do them in bulk, automatically, at scheduled times. UUCP does such queueing and offers control over connection scheduling (e.g. the UUCP Systems file specifies what times are appropriate to establish connections). UUCP also allows polling to be setup. Most of the IP/TCP user-level programs, like rcp, were designed with dedicated links in mind, not dialup SLIP links. UUCP was designed with dialup links in mind, not unlike dialup SLIP links. Gary