Monitoring a BNU file transfer

Use this procedure to monitor a file transfer to a remote system.

The BNU program must be installed on and configured for your system.
Establish a connection to a remote system using the steps given in Monitoring a BNU remote connection.

Monitoring a file transfer is useful when file transfers to the remote system in question are failing for unknown reasons. The debugging information produced by the uucico daemon (called by the Uutry command) can help you find out what is working incorrectly.

The Uutry command enables you to monitor file transfers, as follows:

Prepare a file for transfer using the uucp command with the -r flag by entering:
```
uucp -r test1 venus!~/test2
```
The -r flag instructs the UUCP program to create and queue all necessary transfer files but not to start the uucico daemon.
Issue the Uutry command with the -r flag to start the uucico daemon with debugging turned on by entering:
```
/usr/sbin/uucp/Uutry -r venus
```
This instructs the uucico daemon to contact remote system venus overriding the default retry time. The daemon contacts system venus, logs in, and transfers the file, while the Uutry command produces debugging output that enables you to monitor the uucico process. Press the Interrupt key sequence to stop the debugging output and return to the command prompt.
The Uutry command also stores the debugging output in the /tmp/SystemName file. If you break out of the debugging output before the connection is complete, you can page through the output file to see the outcome of the connection.