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uuconv(1)		    General Commands Manual		     uuconv(1)

NAME
       uuconv -	convert	UUCP configuration files

SYNOPSIS
       uuconv -i type -o type [-p program] [standard UUCP options]

DESCRIPTION
       The uuconv program can be used to convert UUCP configuration files from
       one  format to another.	This can be useful for administrators convert-
       ing from	an older UUCP package.	Taylor UUCP is able to	read  and  use
       old  configuration  file	 formats, but some new features	can not	be se-
       lected using the	old formats.

       The type	of configuration file to read is specified using the  `-i'  or
       `--input'  options.   The type of configuration file to write is	speci-
       fied using the `-o' or `--output' options.

       The supported configuration file	types are `taylor', `v2',  and	`hdb'.
       For  a  description of the `taylor' configuration files,	see *Note Con-
       figuration Files::.  The	other types of configuration files are used by
       traditional UUCP	packages, and are not described	in this	manual.

       An input	configuration of type `v2' or `hdb' is read from a compiled in
       directory (specified by `oldconfigdir' in `Makefile').  An  input  con-
       figuration of type `taylor' is read from	a compiled in directory	by de-
       fault,  but  may	be overridden with the standard	`-I' or	`--config' op-
       tions.

       The output configuration	is written to files in the directory in	 which
       uuconv is run.

       Some information	in the input files may not be representable in the de-
       sired  output  format,  in  which case uuconv will silently discard it.
       The output of uuconv should be carefully	checked	 before	 it  is	 used.
       The uuchk(8) program may	be used	for this purpose.

       The  `-p'  or  `--program'  option may be used to convert specific `cu'
       configuration information, rather than the default of  only  converting
       the `uucp' configuration	information.

SEE ALSO
       cu(1), uucp(1)

AUTHOR
       Ian Lance Taylor	(ian@airs.com).	 This Manpage based on the Taylor UUCP
       1.06 Texinfo documentation.

			       Taylor UUCP 1.06			     uuconv(1)

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