uuclean(8c)uuclean(8c)Nameuuclean - uucp spool directory clean-up
Syntaxuuclean -p[pre] [ options ... ]
Description
The command scans the spool directory for files with the specified pre‐
fix and deletes all those which are older than the specified number of
hours.
The -ppre argument causes the command to scan for files with pre as the
file prefix. You can specify up to 10 arguments. A without any pre
following causes all files older than the specified time to be deleted.
You must specify at least one argument.
Options-ntime Delete all files whose age is more than time, in hours,
(default is 72 hours) and that have the specified pre as
their file prefix.
-m Send mail to the owner of the file when it is deleted.
-ssystem Delete files in all directories that are subdirectories of
the per system spool directory that exists for system. If
ALL is specified, then all system directories are pro‐
cessed. ALL is the default.
-ddirectory Delete files that reside in the named directory. The
default directory is The option over rides the option.
The command typically starts the program. In earlier versions, a
deleted work file (C.file) would result in mail to the owner of the
work file, regardless of the option. Now, notification of deleted work
files is sent to the user ID "uucp". If the option is used, mail is
also sent to the owner.
Examples
Here are some example command lines:
# uuclean-pLTMP. -pLOG. -n4 -d/usr/spool/uucp
# uuclean -d/usr/spool/uucp/.XQTDIR -p -n
# uuclean-smarkie -p -n84
The third example deletes all files for the system that are older than
84 hours.
Files
Directory with commands used by uuclean internally
See Alsouucp(1c), uux(1c), cron(8)uuclean(8c)
