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From: andy@piziali.lonestar.org (Andy Piziali)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.unix.xenix.misc,comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat
Summary: Why would "uucp" remove /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat?
Keywords: R_stat, uucico, UUCP, uucp
Message-ID: <1991Apr01.030050.15725@convex.com>
Date: 1 Apr 91 03:00:50 GMT
Sender: Andy Piziali <andy@piziali.lonestar.org>
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I am running a close relative of version 7 UUCP, bundled with IBM Xenix 1.0 on
an IBM PC-AT.  Xenix 1.0 is a repackaged Microsoft Xenix 3.0.  The problem I am
having is this: the "uucp" program removes the /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat file.
Given an existing /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat with the following owners and file
permissions:

    -rw-r--r--   1 uucp   uucp       0 Mar 31 20:37 /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat 

if I run "uucp," which is installed like this:

    -rws--x--x   1 uucp   uucp   27341 Aug 31  1984 /usr/bin/uucp*

the file /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat is removed.  There seems to be no adverse effect
in terms of UUCP transfers but the message

    File /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat access denied

is displayed by both "uucp" and "uustat" and "uustat" is not able to report on
UUCP job status.

Why would "uucp" be deleting this file?
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