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System Spool Directories
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`SYSTEM'
There is a subdirectory of the main spool directory for each remote
system.
`SYSTEM/C.'
This directory stores files describing file transfer commands to
be sent to the SYSTEM. Each file name starts with `C.G', where G
is the job grade. Each file contains one or more commands. For
details of the commands, see See UUCP Protocol Commands.
`SYSTEM/D.'
This directory stores data files. Files with names like
`D.GSSSS', where G is the grade and SSSS is a sequence number, are
waiting to be transferred to the SYSTEM, as directed by the files
in the `SYSTEM/C.' directory. Files with other names, typically
`D.SYSTEMGSSSS', have been received from SYSTEM and are waiting to
be processed by an execution file in the `SYSTEM/X.' directory.
`SYSTEM/D.X'
This directory stores data files which will become execution files
on the remote system. In current practice, this directory rarely
exists, because most simple executions, including typical uses of
`rmail' and `rnews', send an `E' command rather than an execution
file (see The E Command.).
`SYSTEM/X.'
This directory stores execution files which have been received from
SYSTEM. This directory normally exists, even though the
corresponding `D.X' directory does not, because `uucico' will
create an execution file on the fly when it receives an `E'
command.
`SYSTEM/SEQF'
This file holds the sequence number of the last job sent to
SYSTEM. The sequence number is used to ensure that file names are
unique in the remote system spool directory. The file is four
bytes long. Sequence numbers are composed of digits and the upper
case letters.