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lp(1) lp(1)

NAME

lp, lpalt, cancel - print/alter/cancel requests on an LP destination

SYNOPSIS

lp [-c][-ddest][

-m][-nnumber][-ooption][-ppriority][-s

][-ttitle][-w][ﬁle ...]

lpalt id [-ddest][-i

][-m][-nnumber][-ooption][-ppriority][

-s][-ttitle][-w]

cancel [id ...] [dest ...] [

-a][-e][-i][-uuser][-f]

DESCRIPTION

The

lp command queues ﬁles for printing. The

lpalt command changes information in a queued

request. The

cancel command deletes a queued request.

lp Command

The

lp command arranges for the named ﬁles, ﬁle ..., and associated information (collectively called a

request ) to be queued for output to a destination in the LP (line printer) subsystem. The process is called

printing, regardless of the actual output device.

lp associates a unique identiﬁer with each request and writes it to standard output, using the message:

request id is dest -sequence (

ﬁleinfo )

The request ID is dest -sequence , which can be used later to alter, cancel, or ﬁnd the status of the request

(see lpalt and cancel below, and lpstat (1)).

For example, in the following message,

request id is pr47lf8e-2410 (1 file)

the request ID is pr47lf8e-2410

lp Options and Arguments

lp recognizes the following options and arguments. The keyletter options can be speciﬁed in any order.

The ﬁle ... names must be last.

file ... Print each named ﬁle. If no ﬁle names are speciﬁed, standard input is assumed. The

hyphen symbol (

-) also speciﬁes standard input and can be intermixed on the command

line with ﬁle names. If more than one - is speciﬁed, all but ﬁrst are ignored. Files are

printed in the same order in which they are speciﬁed. A maximum of 832 ﬁle names can

be speciﬁed.

-c Copy the named ﬁles to LP subsystem spooling directories.

Normally, the ﬁles are linked into a spool directory. The ownership and mode of the

linked ﬁles remain unchanged. If the

-c option is given, or linking is not possible

(perhaps because the ﬁles do not reside on the same ﬁlesystem as that of the spooling

directory), the ﬁles are copied into the spool directories. The ownership and mode of the

copies are set to allow read and write access to owner lp and read access to group lp

only.

If the ﬁles are linked rather than copied, any changes made to the named ﬁles after the

request is made but before it is printed will be reﬂected in the printed output. Standard

input is always copied instead of linked.

-ddest Select dest as the printer or class of printers that is to do the printing. If dest is a

printer, the request will be printed only on that speciﬁc printer. If dest is a class, the

request will be printed on the ﬁrst available printer that is a member of the class. Under

certain conditions (printer unavailability, ﬁle space limitation, etc.), requests for a

speciﬁc dest might not be accepted (see accept (1M) and lpadmin (1M)).

If the

-d option is omitted, dest is taken from the environment variable LPDEST. If that

variable is unset or empty, dest is taken from the environment variable PRINTER.If

that variable is unset or empty, the default queue is used. If there is no default queue, or

default queue exists but is empty or has invalid destination entry, or LPDEST is set but

invalid, PRINTER is set but invalid, lp issues an error message and the request is not

queued. Printer and class names and the default queue are deﬁned by your LP subsys-

tem administrator (see lpadmin (1M) and lpstat (1)).

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Summary of content (4 pages)

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lp(1) lp(1) NAME lp, lpalt, cancel - print/alter/cancel requests on an LP destination SYNOPSIS lp [-c] [-ddest] [-m] [-nnumber] [-ooption] [-ppriority] [-s] [-ttitle] [-w] [file ...] lpalt id [-ddest] [-i] [-m] [-nnumber] [-ooption] [-ppriority] [-s] [-ttitle] [-w] cancel [id ...] [dest ...] [-a] [-e] [-i] [-uuser] [-f] DESCRIPTION The lp command queues files for printing. The lpalt command changes information in a queued request. The cancel command deletes a queued request.
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lp(1) A lp(1) -m Send a mail message (see mail (1)) to the user after the request has been printed. By default, no mail is sent upon normal completion of the print request. -nnumber Print number copies of the output. If illegal number of copies is specified with this option, the default number of copies is 1. -ooption Specify a printer-dependent option . You can specify several printer options by repeating the -o option.
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lp(1) lp(1) cancel Options and Arguments cancel recognizes the following options and arguments, which can be specified in any order. Blanks are not permitted between a keyletter and its argument. When cancel is used with a mix of different options and arguments, it will operate first on id ..., next on dest ..., next on -a, next on -e and finally on -u, irrespective of the order in which the options and arguments are specified in the command line. id ... Specifies one or more requests to be canceled.
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lp(1) lp(1) International Code Set Support Single- and multibyte character code sets are supported. RETURN VALUE Exit values are: 0 >0 Successful completion. Error condition occurred.