Tm Temporary Data Files; Log Log Entry Files - Sun Microsystems Sun Workstation 100U System Manager's Manual

Administration
UUCP Implementation Description
10.2.
TM - Temporary Data Files
These files are created in the ,pool directory while a file is being copied from a remote machine.
Their names have the form
TM.pid.ddd
where pid is a process-id and ddd is a sequential three digit number starting at zero. After the
entire file is received, the TM file is moved/copied to the requested destination. If processing is
abnormally terminated the file remains in the spool directory. The leftover files should be
periodically removed; the uuclean program is useful in this regard. The command
program/uuclean -pTM
removes all TM files older than three days.
10.3. LOG - Log Entry Files
During execution, log information is appended to the LOGFILE. If the LOGFILE is locked by
another process, the log information is placed in individual log files with a with a LOG prefix.
These individual files should be combined into the LOGFILE by using the uulog program.
Uulog appends the contents of the individual log files onto the end of the LOGFILE. The com-
mand:
uulog
accomplishes the merge. Options are available to print some or all the log entries after the files
are merged. The LOGFILE should be removed periodically.
The LOG files are created initially with mode 0222. If the program that creates the file ter-
minates normally, it changes the mode to
0666.
Aborted runs may leave the files with mode
0222 and the uulog program will not read or remove them. To remove them, either use rm,
uuciean, or change the mode to 0666 and let uulog merge them into the LOGFILE.
10.4. STST - System Status
Files
These files are created in the spool directory by the uucico program. They contain information
such as login, dialup or sequence check failures or will contain a TALKING status when two
machines are conversing. The form of the file name is
STST.sys
where
'U'
is the remote system name, truncated to seven characters.
F or ordinary failures, such as dialup or login, the file prevents repeated tries for about 55
minutes. This is the default time; it can be changed on an individual system basis by a subfield
of the time field in the L
.'11'
file. For sequence check failures, the file must be removed before
any future attempts to converse with that remote system. Retries are accomplished by starting
uucico
from crontab, usually hourly.
18 7 January 1984