Help with UUCP

[Larry Campbell]

In article <2051 at brl-adm.ARPA> kvancamp at ARDEC.arpa (Kenneth Van Camp -FSAC-) writes:
 ...
>  /usr/lib/uucp/uucico -r1 -x4 -ssystem
>This works very nicely the first time I try it, and it has helped 
>immeasureably in troubleshooting my send/expect pairs in the L.sys file.  
>Unfortunately, this command only works once; the second time I get the error 
>message: 
>  RETRY TIME (3300) NOT REACHED
>which I can only get rid of by rebooting the system (or so it seems).

rm the file "/usr/spool/uucp/STST.systemname", which contains the date and
time of the last attempted call to "systemname".

>... does anyone know what the -r1 does?

The -r1 flag sets your "role" to "master".  In a UUCP connection, there
is a "master" who initiates the call, and the "slave", who doesn't.
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Larry Campbell                                The Boston Software Works, Inc.
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