Poll(4)Poll(4)NAMEPoll - Contains information specifying when the UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Pro‐
gram (UUCP) should poll designated remote computers
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/uucp/Poll
DESCRIPTION
The /usr/lib/uucp/Poll file contains information for polling remote
computers. Each entry in the Poll file contains the name of a remote
computer to call, followed by a <TAB> character, and a sequence of
hourly intervals expressed in digits. These are the hourly intervals at
which the local system polls a remote system; you must specify interval
times as digits between 0 and 23. The format of entries in the Poll
file is: sys-name<TAB>hour
Note that you must be logged in as root to edit the Poll file, which is
owned by the uucp login ID.
The Poll file is used with the crontabs/uucp file, the uudemon.hour
script, and the uudemon.poll script. Together, these files are respon‐
sible for initiating automatic calls to remote systems to perform cer‐
tain maintenance tasks.
EXAMPLES
The following example provides polling of computer eagle every 4 hours:
eagle 0 4 8 12 16 20 The follwing example provides polling of com‐
puter hera every hour: hera 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23
FILES
Contains all the configuration files for UUCP, including the Devices
file. Describes accessible remote systems. Initiates file transport
calls to remote systems. Polls remote systems listed in
/usr/lib/uucp/Poll file. The uucp file that contains instructions for
the cron daemon.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: crontab(1)
Daemons: cron(8) delim off
Poll(4)