Re: [tlug] What would happen to the Internet if the US fell off the map

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> ...what else is UUCP but a file-sharing tool
> (for specialized files, of course)?

Really, it's not at all specialized; it's a generic file copy tool.
Though back in the day it was mostly used on files containing mail
and news. But you could always easily say something like:

    uucp foo.c alberta!ihnp4!/home/cjs/foo.c

cjs
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