POLL(F) XENIX System V POLL(F)
Name
poll: Poll, Poll.hour, Poll.day - Format of UUCP Poll files.
Description
The Poll file (/usr/lib/uucp/Poll) contains information for
polling remote computers. Each entry in the Poll file
contains the name of a remote computer to call, followed by
a tab character, and the hours the computer should be
called. The hours must be integers in the range 0-23.
Poll file entries have the following format:
sysname<TAB>hour ...
The following entry provides polling of computer gorgon
every four hours:
gorgon 0 4 8 12 16 20
The uudemon.poll (see uudemon(ADM)) script uses the Poll
file to set up the polling. Alternatively, uudemon.poll2
uses the files Poll.hour and Poll.day to perform similar,
but more precise functions. The format of these files is
identical to Poll.
See Also
uucico(ADM), uudemon(ADM), uucp(C), cron(C), crontab(C)
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