.TH uutouch "" "" Command
.PC "Touch a file to trigger \*(UU poll"
\fBuutouch \fIsystem\fR
.PP
The command
.B uutouch
creates an empty control file for
.I system
in the directory
\fB/usr/spool/uucp/\fIsystem\fR.
This forces \*(UU to poll
.I system
when
.B uucico
is called with the option
.BR \-sall .
If the empty file for
.I system
aready exists, it is left alone.
.PP
There are three types of files in the spool directory
\fB/usr/spool/uucp/\fIsystem\^\fR:
.IP \fBC.\fR 0.3i
Command file.
.IP \fBD.\fR
Data file.
.IP \fBX.\fR
Execute file.
.SH Example
A typical usage is to put the following line into the
.B cron
file
.BR /usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp :
.DM
	0 7 * * * /usr/lib/uucp/uutouch george
.DE
.PP
This forces \*(UU to schedule a poll to the remote system
.B george
at 7 AM local time.
The actual poll take place when
.B uucico
is started.
.SH Files
\fB/usr/spool/uucp/\fIsitename\fR \(em Directory for uucp work files
.SH "See Also"
.Xr "commands," commands
.Xr "cron," cron
.Xr "uucico," uucico
.Xr "UUCP" uucp
