Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 17:55:15 -0400 From: drifter@stratos.net To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Any one still use UUCP? Message-ID: <199805082155.RAA00455@stratos.net>
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( I'm not sure this belongs in -questions, so I thought -chat would be appropriate. If not, I apologize. ) Just out of curiosity, I know that FreeBSD (and UNIX) have a series of "UUCP" commands that transfer files and even run programs remotely over phone lines _not_ using the internet. I got kind of curious about UUCP and am doing some light reading of old AT&T documents about it. I got the impression that UUCP was really the only way to go in the dark ages before the Internet was as wide-spread as it is today. I probably got the wrong impression, but I am wondering if UUCP is an old hold-over from earlier times whose days are numbered or if it is still in wide use today -- and if so, why? I'm not so sure I want to splurge for ORA UUCP right now, since I don't think I'd be doing a lot with it any way. (I don't think there are "public" UUCP cites to experiment with :) ) So, is UUCP a dying art? Is it that some places just don't have access to the Internet or an Ethernet, but they can arrange for UUCP? Or is there some advantage to UUCP that I am not aware about? Just curious... -Drifter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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