Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Name

lpc

Synopsis

                  lpc [options] [command]

System administration command. LPRng line printer control program. If executed without a command, lpc accepts commands from standard input. Some of the commands accept a jobid parameter. A jobid can be one or more job numbers, user names, lpd key characters, or key character and glob patterns of the form X = pattern. It can also be the keyword all, which matches all jobs.

Options

-a

Alias for the -Pall command. Operate on all printer spool queues listed in the printcap all field.

-A

Use authentication as specified in the AUTH environment variable.

-P printer

Specify the print spool queue to operate on. A printer may also specify a host (e.g., printer@host). The default queue is the queue for whatever printer is listed in the PRINTER environment variable, or the first entry in the /etc/printcap file. If the keyword all is given instead of a printer name, lpc will operate on printers specified in the all field of the /etc/printcap file on the appropriate host. If no all field is specified, then lpc will use lpd on the appropriate host to find all available printers.

-S server

Send commands to the specified server instead of whatever server is listed in /etc/printcap or set using the -P option.

-U user

Execute commands as if they were made by user.

-V

Print version number, then exit.

Commands

?, help [commands]

Get a list of commands or help on specific commands.

active [printer@host]

Report whether lpd server is active.

abort all|printer

Terminate ...