uucp on SYSV

[Steve Schlaifer x3171 156/224]

In article <1356 at sdcsvax.UUCP>, darrell at sdcsvax.UUCP (Darrell Long) writes:
> Are there any 3B-2 UNIX wizards out there?  If so, perhaps you can
> help answer a question.
> 
> Our 3B-2 does not want to work with uucp; it gives error messages not
> in the manual: CAN NOT CALL (SYSTEM STATUS) and(RETRY TIME NOT REACHED).
> The entry in the Systems file has Any for the time, so it should not
> care.
> 
When uucp fails to successfully complete a call (or fails during a call to
successfully complete a transfer), it sets up a file in /usr/spool/uucp
called STST.sitename which includes a wait time.  Until the wait time expires
it won't try to make another call to the same site.  If you look at STST.site
you will see something like

4 1 507497623 3300 DIAL FAILED wlbr

the 3300 is the wait time in seconds.  If you have corrected the problem or
just want to go ahead and try again without waiting for the wait time to
transpire, change the 3300 to 0.  Note that you will have to be root to do
this.
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