UUCP
Sign in to saveUUCP (Unix-to-Unix Copy) is a suite of computer programs and protocols allowing remote execution of commands and transfer of files, email and netnews between computers.
Key facts
- Software.name
- UUCP
- Software.author
- Mike Lesk
- Software.developer
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Software.operating system
- Unix and Unix-like, DOS, OS/2, OpenVMS, AmigaOS, classic Mac OS, CP/M
- Software.genre
- Command
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18 sectionsContents
- History
- Technology
- Sessions
- Initial handshake
- File requests
- Final handshake
- g-protocol
- Other protocols
- Mail routing
- Bang path
- UUCPNET and mapping<!--'UUCPNET' redirects here-->
- Connections with the Internet
- Remote commands
- Decline
- Current uses and legacy
- See also
- References
- External links
UUCP (Unix-to-Unix Copy) is a suite of computer programs and protocols allowing remote execution of commands and transfer of files, email and netnews between computers.
A command named is one of the programs in the suite; it provides a user interface for requesting file copy operations. The UUCP suite also includes (user interface for remote command execution), (the communication program that performs the file transfers), (reports statistics on recent activity), (execute commands sent from remote machines), and (reports the UUCP name of the local system). Some versions of the suite include uuencoding|/ (convert 8-bit binary files to 7-bit text format and vice versa).