uubp(1fun)

📦 version 2.3, in ubuntu jammy

💖 uubp — the Unix-to-Unix beer protocol 💖

okay bestie, sit DOWN, because this is a page from section 1fun and it is genuinely iconic. we're talking uubp, the Unix-to-Unix beer protocol. yes. beer. over the network. i'm so serious. 🍓🍻

✨ NAME ✨

uubp — Unix-to-Unix beer protocol 🍺

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

uubp [-acefghlqy] site

that's it. that's the whole vibe. flags + a site. periodt. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea, and the tea is fermented 🌸 — uubp lets you transfer beer, ale, or honestly any other fermented grain beverages between network sites. like, between sites. across the network. no cap.

the way it works is so clever: it uses TCP/IP (which, in this context, stands for telecommunication protocol for imbibing pilsners) 🫶 and uubp encodes beer from a local file system into packets that are suitable for FTP (that's fermentation transfer protocol, keep up 😭) delivery at a remote IP site.

🦋 example 🦋

% uubp -c"AMBER" -f0.7 -y0 -q2 198.137.240.100

so what is this example DOING, you ask? literally everything. 👑

  • it sends two six-packs (-q2) of amber ale (-c"AMBER")
  • with a fizziness quotient of 70% (-f0.7)
  • brewed using yeast of type 0 (-y0), aka saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • to PI address 198.137.240.100

and bestie. that address? that is the IP address of the White House. 🏛️✨ we are sending beer to the White House. main character energy fr fr.

✨ RESTRICTIONS ✨

okay so this is the part where we have to be responsible girlies 😭 and it's a little bit of a downer but it's real:

  • Both the source site and the destination site have to be running uubp-daemon. both. no exceptions, no vibes-only setups.
  • on top of that, local restrictions exist in many areas for the transportation alkohol across state lines. (yes, that's how it's spelled. we don't fix, we preserve. 💀)

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is currently involved in litigation to ensure the ability to distribute beer through the uubp protocol according to the 21st Amendment. so like, this is a whole legal saga. obsessed with the commitment, honestly. ⚖️🔥

and if you wanna support the SIG of EFF devoted to this cause, you have two options, and both are valid:

  1. join the Homebrewers of the Electronic Frontier Engaged in Winning Electronic Independence and Zeroing Establishment Nonsense — aka HEFEWEIZEN 🍺 (the acronym is a beer. the acronym is a BEER. that's the level of genius we're operating at here.) 🧚
  2. send mail to hefeweizen@eff.eff.org
and listen — if you go the mail route, be sure to include the entire text of this manual page. the WHOLE thing. all of it. don't be shy with it. 💖

✨ NOTES ✨

Have a homebrew! 🍻🌸💜

and that's the page, bestie 🫶 this little gem came out of the Communication Commands corner of the manual, and it's filed under uubp(1fun) — go forth, send beer, respect the restrictions, and hydrate (with water too, i'm watching you). 💖✨🎀🌈⭐👑

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