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18: .\" @(#)lpq.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
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20: .Dd July 24, 1990
21: .Dt LPQ 1
22: .Os BSD 4.2
23: .Sh NAME
24: .Nm lpq
25: .Nd spool queue examination program
26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
27: .Nm lpq
28: .Op Fl l
29: .Oo
30: .Op Fl P Ar printer
31: .Oo
32: .Op job # ...
33: .Op user ...
34: .Sh DESCRIPTION
35: .Nm Lpq
36: examines the spooling area used by
37: .Xr lpd 8
38: for printing files on the line printer, and reports the status of the
39: specified jobs or all jobs associated with a user.
40: .Nm Lpq
41: invoked
42: without any arguments reports on any jobs currently in the queue.
43: .Pp
44: Options:
45: .Pp
46: .Tw Ds
47: .Tp Fl P
48: Specify a particular printer, otherwise the default
49: line printer is used (or the value of the
50: .Ev PRINTER
51: variable in the
52: environment). All other arguments supplied are interpreted as user
53: names or job numbers to filter out only those jobs of interest.
54: .Tp Fl l
55: Information about each of the files comprising the job entry
56: is printed.
57: Normally, only as much information as will fit on one line is displayed.
58: .Tp
59: .Pp
60: For each job submitted (i.e. invocation of
61: .Xr lpr 1 )
62: .Nm lpq
63: reports the user's name, current rank in the queue, the
64: names of files comprising the job, the job identifier (a number which
65: may be supplied to
66: .Xr lprm 1
67: for removing a specific job), and the total size in bytes.
68: Job ordering is dependent on
69: the algorithm used to scan the spooling directory and is supposed
70: to be FIFO (First in First Out).
71: File names comprising a job may be unavailable
72: (when
73: .Xr lpr 1
74: is used as a sink in a pipeline) in which case the file
75: is indicated as ``(standard input)".
76: .Pp
77: If
78: .Nm lpq
79: warns that there is no daemon present (i.e. due to some malfunction),
80: the
81: .Xr lpc 8
82: command can be used to restart the printer daemon.
83: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
84: If the following environment variable exists, it is used by
85: .Nm lpq :
86: .Tw Fl
87: .Tp Ev PRINTER
88: Specifies an alternate default printer.
89: .Tp
90: .Sh FILES
91: .Dw /usr/share/misc/termcap
92: .Di L
93: .Dp Pa /usr/share/misc/termcap
94: for manipulating the screen for repeated display
95: .Dp Pa /etc/printcap
96: to determine printer characteristics
97: .Dp Pa /var/spool/*
98: the spooling directory, as determined from printcap
99: .Dp Pa /var/spool/*/cf*
100: control files specifying jobs
101: .Dp Pa /var/spool/*/lock
102: the lock file to obtain the currently active job
103: .Dp
104: .Sh SEE ALSO
105: .Xr lpr 1 ,
106: .Xr lprm 1 ,
107: .Xr lpc 8 ,
108: .Xr lpd 8
109: .Sh HISTORY
110: .Nm Lpq
111: appeared in 3 BSD.
112: .Sh BUGS
113: Due to the dynamic nature of the information in the spooling directory
114: lpq may report unreliably.
115: Output formatting is sensitive to the line length of the terminal;
116: this can results in widely spaced columns.
117: .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
118: Unable to open various files. The lock file being malformed. Garbage
119: files when there is no daemon active, but files in the spooling directory.
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