Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 03:21:05 +0300 (EEST) From: Ruslan Shevchenko <rssh@cam.grad.kiev.ua> To: drifter@stratos.net Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any one still use UUCP? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980509032027.16696A-100000@cam.grad.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <199805082155.RAA00455@stratos.net>
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On Fri, 8 May 1998 drifter@stratos.net wrote:
>
> ( 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?
>
UUCP is whidly used in ex-USSR.
> Just curious...
>
> -Drifter
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