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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man8/cupsd-helper.8 b/upstream/archlinux/man8/cupsd-helper.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7d914174 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man8/cupsd-helper.8 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.\" +.\" cupsd-helper man page for CUPS. +.\" +.\" Copyright © 2021-2023 by OpenPrinting. +.\" Copyright 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. +.\" Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products. +.\" +.\" Licensed under Apache License v2.0. See the file "LICENSE" for more +.\" information. +.\" +.TH cupsd-helper 8 "CUPS" "2021-02-28" "OpenPrinting" +.SH NAME +cupsd\-helper \- cupsd helper programs (deprecated) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B cups\-deviced +.I request-id +.I limit +.I user-id +.I options +.br +.B cups\-driverd +.B cat +.I ppd-name +.br +.B cups\-driverd +.B list +.I request_id +.I limit +.I options +.br +.B cups\-exec +.I sandbox-profile +[ +.I \-g +.I group-id +] [ +.I \-n +.I nice-value +] [ +.I \-u +.I user-id +] +.I /path/to/program +.I argv0 +.I ... +.I argvN +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fBcupsd\-helper\fR programs perform long-running operations on behalf of the scheduler, +.BR cupsd (8). +The \fBcups-deviced\fR helper program runs each CUPS +.BR backend (7) +with no arguments in order to discover the available printers. +.LP +The \fBcups-driverd\fR helper program lists all available printer drivers, a subset of "matching" printer drivers, or a copy of a specific driver PPD file. +.LP +The \fBcups-exec\fR helper program runs backends, filters, and other programs. On macOS these programs are run in a secure sandbox. +.SH FILES +The \fBcups-driverd\fR program looks for PPD and driver information files in the following directories: +.nf + + \fI/Library/Printers\fR + \fI/opt/share/ppd\fR + \fI/System/Library/Printers\fR + \fI/usr/local/share/ppd\fR + \fI/usr/share/cups/drv\fR + \fI/usr/share/cups/model\fR + \fI/usr/share/ppd\fR +.fi +.LP +PPD files can be compressed using the +.BR gzip (1) +program or placed in compressed +.BR tar (1) +archives to further reduce their size. +.LP +Driver information files must conform to the format defined in +.BR ppdcfile (5). +.SH NOTES +CUPS printer drivers, backends, and PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. +Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as +.BR ippeveprinter (1). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR backend (7), +.BR cups (1), +.BR cupsd (8), +.BR cupsd.conf (5), +.BR filter (7), +.BR ppdcfile (5), +CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help) +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \[co] 2021-2023 by OpenPrinting. |