From fc22b3d6507c6745911b9dfcc68f1e665ae13dbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:43:11 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 4.22.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/lpq.1 | 297 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 297 insertions(+) create mode 100644 upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/lpq.1 (limited to 'upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/lpq.1') diff --git a/upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/lpq.1 b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/lpq.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..83301106 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/lpq.1 @@ -0,0 +1,297 @@ +.TH LPQ 1 2007-02-24 "LPRng" "lpq command" +.SH NAME +lpq \- spool queue examination program +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B lpq +.RB [ \-a ] +.RB [ \-A ] +.RB [ \-l ] +.RB [ \-L ] +.RB [ \-V ] +.RB [ \-c ] +.RB [ \-v ] +.RB [ \-P +.IR " printer" ] +.RB [ \-s ] +.RB [ -t +.IR " sleeptime" ] +.RB [ \-D +.IR " debugopt" ] +.RI [ jobid \|.\|.\|.] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I lpq +requests a status report from +.IR lpd (8) +on the specified printers or jobs. +.I lpq +invoked without any arguments +reports on the printer given by the default printer +(see +.B \-P +option). +The short (default) format simply lists +the printer, host, and numbers of jobs in the spool queue. +When using the long format (-l option), +for each job in a spool queue +.I lpq +reports the job identifier +which is generated from the user's name and originating host, +current rank in the queue, +the job number (which may be supplied to +.IR lprm (1) +for removing a specific job), +the job description information, +and the total size in bytes. +If there is an error or other problem with the job, +this information may be modified to reflect the problems. +In a spool queue, +Job ordering is a modified FIFO (First in First Out), +modified by the job class and priority information. +.PP +The following options are available. +.TP +.B \-A +Use authentication specified by the value of the AUTH environment variable. +.TP +.BI "\-D " debugoptions +Debugging is controlled using the +.B \-D +option. This accepts a comma-separated list of debugging +settings. These settings take one of two forms: +.B facility=value , +or +.B value +to set an overall default value. +.TP +.BI "\-P " printer +By default, +the destination printer +is taken from +the command line +.I printer +value, +then +the environment variables +PRINTER, +LPDEST, +NPRINTER, +NGPRINTER, +then first entry in the printcap information, +and and finally the default_printer entry from the +configuration file, +and then the compile time default. +.TP +.B "\-V" +Print version information. +.TP +.B "\-v" +Dump lpd related information. +.TP +.B "\-c" +Clear Screen before output, very usefull with \-t +.TP +.B "\-a" +List status for all printers (see PRINTER LISTS below) +which have entries for the LPRng client programs +in the +.IR printcap (5) +database. +.TP +.B "\-l" +Increase verbosity of the \fBl\fRong display format. +A single -l options selects a short verbose display, +multiple -l options increase the verbosity. +.TP +.B "\-L" +Use maximum verbosity for the \fBl\fRong display format. +.TP +.B "\-s" +Display a short, single line status summary for each queue and subqueue. +.TP +.BI "\-t " sleeptime +Forces +.I lpq +to periodically display the spool queues and then sleep +.I sleeptime +seconds between scans of the queue. +.IP "jobid ... all" +The options are followed by +a list of jobids which +are used to select jobs of interest. +A jobid can be a user name, +a job identifier, +a job number, +or a glob based pattern which will be applied to the +job identifiers. +The all keyword will display all jobs and is the default option. +.PP +The +.I lpq +will report the status of the spool queue (enabled for spooling, +disabled for unspooling), +and the absence of a server if unspooling is enabled. +The +.IR lpc (1) +command +.I "lpc start " +may be used to start the server if this is the case. +.SH ENVIRONMENT +By default, +the destination printer +is taken from +the command line +.I dest +value, +then +the environment variables +PRINTER, +LPDEST, +NPRINTER, +NGPRINTER, +then first entry in the printcap information, +and and finally the default_printer entry from the +configuration file, +and then the compile time default. +.SH "PRINTER LISTS" +The +.B -a +option is used to by +.IR lpq (1) +to get status for a list of printers. +This list is formed as follows. +.IP 1) +The printcap file is scanned for printer entries. +Only entries with names starting with a +letter or digit are recognized as valid queue or printer names. +.IP 2) +If the special entry +.I all +is present, +and it has a field +.I ":all=pr1@host1,pr2@host2,..." +then the printers +.IR pr1 , +.IR pr2 , +\&... +are used as the printer or queue list. +.IP 3) +If there is no all entry, +then the original list of printers found in +step 1) +is used as the list of printers. +.PP +The special case of +.B "lpq -Pall" +disables the searching of the printcap database, +and simply sends a query to the lpd server for status +of printer +.BR all . +The +.IR lpd (8) +server enumerates the printers in its printcap file, +ignoring any +.I all +entry, +and returns status only for printers which have entries in the +.IR lpd (8) +server printcap file. +.PP +Finally, +the special case +.B "lpq -Ppr@host" +causes +.IR lpq (1) +to send a status request for printer +.B pr +to host +.BR host . +.PP +Here is a simple set of rules to use: +.nf +.ft CW +Client: + pr1:lp=%P@server + pr2:lp=%P@server + - printer pr1 followed by pr2 + +pr1:lp=%P@server +pr2:lp=%P@server +all:all=pr2,pr1 + - printer pr2 followed by pr1 (all overrides) + +Client: + pr1:lp=%P@server + pr2:lp=%P@server +Server: + lp:lp=... + lpq -Pall + - status returned only for printer 'lp' +.fi +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +The following exit values are returned: +.TP 15 +.B "zero (0)" +Successful completion. +.TP +.B "non-zero (!=0)" +An error occurred. +.SH "PRINTCAP INFORMATION" +The printer names and other information is obtained by using a printcap +file or some other database. +The ${HOME}/.printcap +file can be used to specify user level options and configuration +information. +See +.IR printcap (5) +for more information. +.SH FILES +The files used by LPRng are set by values in the +printer configuration file. +The following are a commonly used set of default values. +.nf +.ta \w'/var/spool/lpd/printcap. 'u +/etc/lprng/lpd.conf LPRng configuration file +${HOME}/.printcap user printer description file +/etc/printcap printer description file +/etc/lprng/lpd.perms permissions +/var/run/lprng/lpd lock file for queue control +/var/spool/lpd spool directories +/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/control queue control +/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/log trace or debug log file +/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/acct accounting file +/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/status status file +.fi +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR lpd.conf (5), +.BR lpc (8), +.BR lpd (8), +.BR checkpc (8), +.BR lpr (1), +.BR lprm (1), +.BR printcap (5), +.BR lpd.perms (5), +.BR pr (1). +.SH "AUTHOR" +Patrick Powell . +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +Most of the diagnostics are self explanatory. +If you are puzzled over the exact cause of failure, +set the debugging level on (-D5) and run again. +The debugging information will +help you to pinpoint the exact cause of failure. +.SH "HISTORY" +LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system +with functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software. +The LPRng developer mailing list is lprng-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; +subscribe by visiting +.B https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lprng-devel +or sending mail to +.B lprng-request@lists.sourceforge.net +with +the word +.I subscribe +in the body. +.br +The software is available via +.B http://lprng.sourceforge.net + -- cgit v1.2.3