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.Dd 
.Dt UUCLEAN 8
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm uuclean
.Nd uucp spool directory clean
.Ndup
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm uuclean
.Op Fl d Ns Ar subdirectory
.Op Fl m
.Op Fl n Ns Ar time
.Op Fl p Ns Ar pre
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Xr Uuclean
will scan the spool directory for files with the
specified prefix and delete all those which are
older than the specified number of hours.
.Pp
The following options are available.
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d Ns Ar subdirectory
Only the specified subdirectory will be cleaned.
.It Fl m
Send mail to the owner of the file
when it is deleted.
.It Fl n Ns Ar time
Files whose age is more than
.Ar time
hours will be deleted if the prefix
test is satisfied.
(default time is 72 hours)
.It Fl p Ns Ar pre
Scan for files with
.Ar pre
as the file prefix.
Up to 10
.Fl p
arguments may be specified.
.El
.Pp
This program will typically be run daily by
.Xr cron 8 .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/spool/uucp
.It Pa /var/spool/uucp
Spool directory
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr uucp 1 ,
.Xr uux 1 ,
.Xr uucico 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .