From: Arthur@cswamp.apana.org.au (Arthur Marsh)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Distribution: world
Subject: uucico speed, bad headers
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 02:15:16 +1000

On Sat 19 Dec at 10:48 Wayne McDougall wrote:

 WM> spooge@sizone.uucp (Cyberpolka On Da Jeep) writes:

> jonc@status.gen.nz (Jon Clarke) writes:
> 
> > 3. Make sure you have uu.fossil set up in static
> 
> truth.
> 
 WM> What is this? I can't find a "uu.fossil" in my
documentation.

TUNABLE PARAMETERS IN THE STATIC FILE

  In addition to those described above, there are several more
tunable
  parameters available as "advanced options". They are not
required
  in the static file, and most people won't need them.

        uu.alive        Time before UUCICO generates a fatal
                        timeout, and terminates connection. By
                        default this is 90 seconds.

        uu.between      Similar to uu.retrytime, but used
between
                        multiple entries for the same host in
the
                        systems file. By default this is 10
seconds.

        uu.debug        Default debug level, equivalent to the
-x
                        command line option. Included here
mainly
                        for debugging purposes.

        uu.delay        Timeout delay during g protocol
transfers.
                        For heavily loaded hosts, possibly in
                        combination with low speed links,
setting
                        this higher is sometimes necessary.

                        You should not change this unless you
                        are experiencing repeated **timeout
errors.
                        The default is 16 seconds, which is
long.

        uu.driver       Which COMM driver uucico will use. Valid
                        choices are "native" and "fossil". This
                        line must come AFTER any "driver"
statement
                        in the static file.

                        UUCICO will also recognize a "driver"
                        statement if present; the uu.driver is
                        intended to override this if necessary.

                        Refer to DOS.DOC for more information.

        uu.drops        Strings that when received from the
modem,
                        cause premature termination of chat
scripts.
                        Underscores in these are converted to
spaces.

                        The default setting is BUSY NO_CARRIER
NO_DIALTONE.

        uu.errors       Number of errors before aborting a
uucico
                        session. Normally set to 200, set this
                        higher if you are transferring very
large
                        files over a noisy link.

        uu.exit         Program exit status ("errorlevel") for
                        successful transactions; this means at
                        least one completed connection.

        uu.fail         Exit status for failure, meaning either
                        a configuration problem or no
connections
                        were successful.

                        Both uu.exit and uu.fail are intended
                        for interfacing with other programs.

        uu.grade        Default grade at which transfers are
performed.
                        The -g parameter will override this.

                        By default, no grades are set, and all
                        files queued will be transferred.

        uu.handshake    Time, in seconds, to wait for responses
                        during the uucico handshake sequence.
Raise
                        this if you get "Startup timed out
waiting
                        for remote system" because of a loaded
                        machine on the other end of the
connection.

                        By default, this is set to 30.

        uu.locked       Speed at which to lock the
modem<->computer
                        connection. Used for some high speed
connections.

        uu.retries      Default number of retries when polling.
                        Normally 1, this can also be overridden
with
                        the -r command line option.

        uu.retrytime    Time to wait in seconds between retries.
By
                        default this is 10 seconds, which is long
enough
                        for most modems to reset for the next
call.

        uu.time         For expect/send sequences, the default
                        timeout before aborting or sending an
                        alternate. Equivalent to -t.

        uu.visual       Debug level for screen output. By
default
                        this is the same as uu.debug, and vice
versa.

        uu.windows      Maximum number of windows for G
protocol.
                        Normal settings are 3 or 7. By default
this
                        is 7. If you have very noisy lines,
setting
                        to 3 may be more efficient.

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