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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)lpc.8       6.1 (Berkeley) 4/27/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH LPC 8 "April 27, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .ad
        !            10: .SH NAME
        !            11: lpc \- line printer control program
        !            12: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            13: .B /etc/lpc
        !            14: [ command [ argument ... ] ]
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Lpc
        !            17: is used by the system administrator to control the
        !            18: operation of the line printer system.  
        !            19: For each line printer configured in /etc/printcap,
        !            20: .I lpc
        !            21: may be used to:
        !            22: .IP \(bu
        !            23: disable or enable a printer,
        !            24: .IP \(bu
        !            25: disable or enable a printer's spooling queue,
        !            26: .IP \(bu
        !            27: rearrange the order of jobs in a spooling queue,
        !            28: .IP \(bu
        !            29: find the status of printers, and their associated
        !            30: spooling queues and printer dameons.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: Without any arguments,
        !            33: .I lpc
        !            34: will prompt for commands from the standard input.
        !            35: If arguments are supplied,
        !            36: .IR lpc
        !            37: interprets the first argument as a command and the remaining
        !            38: arguments as parameters to the command.  The standard input
        !            39: may be redirected causing
        !            40: .I lpc
        !            41: to read commands from file.
        !            42: Commands may be abreviated;
        !            43: the following is the list of recognized commands.
        !            44: .TP
        !            45: ? [ command ... ]
        !            46: .TP
        !            47: help [ command ... ]
        !            48: .br
        !            49: Print a short description of each command specified in the argument list,
        !            50: or, if no arguments are given, a list of the recognized commands.
        !            51: .TP
        !            52: abort { all | printer ... }
        !            53: .br
        !            54: Terminate an active spooling daemon on the local host immediately and
        !            55: then disable printing (preventing new daemons from being started by
        !            56: .IR lpr )
        !            57: for the specified printers.
        !            58: .TP
        !            59: clean { all | printer ... }
        !            60: .br
        !            61: Remove any temporary files, data files, and control files that cannot
        !            62: be printed (i.e., do not form a complete printer job)
        !            63: from the specified printer queue(s) on the local machine.
        !            64: .TP
        !            65: disable { all | printer ... }
        !            66: .br
        !            67: Turn the specified printer queues off.  This prevents new
        !            68: printer jobs from being entered into the queue by
        !            69: .IR lpr .
        !            70: .TP
        !            71: down { all | printer } message ...
        !            72: .br
        !            73: Turn the specified printer queue off, disable printing and put
        !            74: .I message
        !            75: in the printer status file. The message doesn't need to be quoted, the
        !            76: remaining arguments are treated like
        !            77: .IR echo (1).
        !            78: This is normally used to take a printer down and let others know why
        !            79: (lpq will indicate the printer is down and print the status message).
        !            80: .TP
        !            81: enable { all | printer ... }
        !            82: .br
        !            83: Enable spooling on the local queue for the listed printers. 
        !            84: This will allow
        !            85: .I lpr
        !            86: to put new jobs in the spool queue.
        !            87: .TP
        !            88: exit
        !            89: .TP
        !            90: quit
        !            91: .br
        !            92: Exit from lpc.
        !            93: .TP
        !            94: restart { all | printer ... }
        !            95: .br
        !            96: Attempt to start a new printer daemon. 
        !            97: This is useful when some abnormal condition causes the daemon to
        !            98: die unexpectedly leaving jobs in the queue.
        !            99: .I Lpq
        !           100: will report that there is no daemon present when this condition occurs. 
        !           101: If the user is the super-user,
        !           102: try to abort the current daemon first (i.e., kill and restart a stuck daemon).
        !           103: .TP
        !           104: start { all | printer ... }
        !           105: .br
        !           106: Enable printing and start a spooling daemon for the listed printers.
        !           107: .TP
        !           108: status { all | printer ... }
        !           109: Display the status of daemons and queues on the local machine.
        !           110: .TP
        !           111: stop { all | printer ... }
        !           112: .br
        !           113: Stop a spooling daemon after the current job completes and disable
        !           114: printing.
        !           115: .TP
        !           116: topq printer [ jobnum ... ] [ user ... ]
        !           117: .br
        !           118: Place the jobs in the order listed at the top of the printer queue.
        !           119: .TP
        !           120: up { all | printer ... }
        !           121: .br
        !           122: Enable everything and start a new printer daemon. Undoes the effects of
        !           123: .IR down .
        !           124: .SH FILES
        !           125: .nf
        !           126: .ta \w'/etc/printcap           'u
        !           127: /etc/printcap  printer description file
        !           128: /usr/spool/*   spool directories
        !           129: /usr/spool/*/lock      lock file for queue control
        !           130: .fi
        !           131: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           132: lpd(8),
        !           133: lpr(1),
        !           134: lpq(1),
        !           135: lprm(1),
        !           136: printcap(5)
        !           137: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           138: .nf
        !           139: .ta \w'?Ambiguous command      'u
        !           140: ?Ambiguous command     abreviation matches more than one command
        !           141: ?Invalid command       no match was found
        !           142: ?Privileged command    command can be executed by root only
        !           143: .fi

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