/usr/lib/uucp/R_stat

[Andy Piziali]

I am running a close relative of version 7 UUCP, bundled with IBM Xenix 1.0 on
an IBM PC-AT.  Xenix 1.0 is a repackaged Microsoft Xenix 3.0.  The problem I am
having is this: the "uucp" program removes the /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat file.
Given an existing /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat with the following owners and file
permissions:

    -rw-r--r--   1 uucp   uucp       0 Mar 31 20:37 /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat 

if I run "uucp," which is installed like this:

    -rws--x--x   1 uucp   uucp   27341 Aug 31  1984 /usr/bin/uucp*

the file /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat is removed.  There seems to be no adverse effect
in terms of UUCP transfers but the message

    File /usr/lib/uucp/R_stat access denied

is displayed by both "uucp" and "uustat" and "uustat" is not able to report on
UUCP job status.

Why would "uucp" be deleting this file?
--
Home:	           andy at piziali.lonestar.org                |
{convex,egsner,frontier,laczko}!piziali!andy  ________------+------________
Office:                   piziali at convex.com               / \     
           {sun,texsun,uunet}!convex!piziali              *---*