Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!mips!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!adobe!heaven!heaven.woodside.ca.us From: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: UUCP Question Message-ID: <528@heaven.woodside.ca.us> Date: 13 Jun 91 06:07:43 GMT Article-I.D.: heaven.528 References: <1991Jun12.125528.1392@hulaw1.harvard.edu> Sender: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us Lines: 22 roth2@hulaw1.harvard.edu writes > In order to manually poll my uucp host after the crontab poll fails (i.e., it > gets a busy signal) I must use the debugging option in order to over-ride the > "retry time not reached" message. The poses a problem to my uucp host, as it > creates a file which he must erase. He tells me, however, that he knows there > is a way to do a manual poll without debugging immediately after a failed > attempt. Does anyone know how to do this? Just remove the file /usr/spool/uucp/STST/remotehost before you try the poll again. Here's a C-shell alias I use to "kick" a UUCP connection that didn't work for whatever reason: alias kick 'rm -f /usr/spool/uucp/STST/\!*; /usr/lib/uucp/uucico -r1 -s\!*' usage: kick And I'm sure this will run much faster on an 88110 processor :-) -- Glenn Reid RightBrain Software glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us NeXT/PostScript developers ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-326-2974 (NeXTfax 326-2977)