Re: UUCP connections only when remote is online

On 2025-05-03, Martin Burmester <martin@burmester.org> wrote:

Hi,
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Am 03.05.2025 um 03:29 schrieb Borax Man:

I have a quick question with UUCP.  I know how to do this with NNCP,
which is a more modern take on UUCP, but I was wondering whether this
workflow is possible with UUCP, using TCP connections.
 
I have machine B, which is on all the time.  Machine A wants to send a
file to machine C, where machine C may not be on the network (its
powered down).  Ideally I want to send via B, in such a way that when I
get to C, I can receive the files, or issue one or two commands,
and receive all spooled files.

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When you have a machine that is powered on all the time (B in your
example) and a machine that is not (A and C in your example), then it is
common practice to have A and C periodically poll B (usually via cron or
something) while B will never poll A or C, it will just store files for
when the systems do poll.
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Cheers
Martin
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Having C poll B had the desired result.  I wasn't sure it would work,
but experimentation showed it does.