For all its widespread use, UUCP is one of the most difficult UNIX utilities to master. This book is for system administrators who want to install and manage UUCP and Usenet software.
If you have not noticed, you can no longer push start a car. And no one uses uucp. But it is still there and accessible. It would behoove you to be aware of its presence and how it works. Hey, there is even a second on using, dare I say “MODEM’s”. There is a good explanation of ttys that some people could use today. The second on xenix makes this a coffee table book.