The lpstat command
prints information about the current status of
the
LP
print service.
This is implemented as a front end to the LPRng
lpq(1)
program,
and does not have the full functionality of the native
lpstat
program.
If no options are given,
then lpstat
prints the status of all the user's print
requests made by lp on the default printer.
(see
lp(1)
and
lpr(1)).
Any arguments that are not options
are assumed to be request-IDs
as returned by lp
or printer names.
The lpstat command
prints the status of such requests.
The options may appear in any order
and may be repeated
and intermixed with other arguments.
Some of the keyletters below
may be followed by an optional
list
that can be in one of two forms:
a list of items separated from one another by a comma,
or a list of items separated
from one another by spaces
enclosed in quotes.
For example:
example% lpstat -u "user1 user2 user3"
Specifying all after any keyletter
that takes list as an argument causes
all information relevant to the keyletter to be printed.
For example, the command:
example% lpstat -o all
prints the status of all output requests.
The omission of a list
following such key letters causes all information
relevant to the key letter to be printed.
For example, the command:
example% lpstat -o
prints the status of all output requests.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-A
Use authentication specified by the value of the AUTH environment variable.
-a [list]
Reports whether print destinations are accepting requests.
list
is a list of printer names.
-c [list]
Print name of all classes and their members.
list
is a list of class names.
(Same effect as -o.)
-d
Print the system default destination for
output requests.
-f [list] [-l]
Print list of printers supporting the specified forms option is
ignored.
-o [list]
Print the status of output requests:
list
is a list of intermixed
printer names, class names, and
request-IDs.
The keyletter -o may be omitted.
-p [list]
Print the status of printers.
list is a list of printer names.
(Same effect as -o.)
-P
Print the paper types.
Ignored.
-r
Print the status of the
LP
request scheduler.
-R
Print a number showing the position of each job in the print queue.
Ignored.
-s
Print a status summary.
Produces a short status listing.
-S [list] [-l]
List or verify character sets of printers.
(Ignored.)
-t
Print all status information.
-u [login-ID-list]
Print the status of output requests for users.
(Same effect as -o.)
-v [list]
Print the path names of the printer output devices.
(Ignored.)
-Toptions
Set debugging options. Use -D= to get lpstat to provide a list.
ENVIRONMENT
By default,
the destination printer
is taken from
the command line
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.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
zero (0)
Successful completion.
non-zero (!=0)
An error occurred.
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.
/etc/lpd.conf LPRng configuration file
${HOME}/.printcap user printer description file
/etc/printcap system printer description file
/etc/lpd.perms printer permissions
/var/spool/printer* spool directories
/var/spool/printer*/printer lock file for queue control
/var/spool/printer*/control.printer queue control
/var/spool/printer*/active.printer active job
/var/spool/printer*/log.printer log file
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.
HISTORY
LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system
with functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software.
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