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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/COHERENT/lpd, revision 1.1.1.1

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                      3: lpd                     System Maintenance                    lpd
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                      8: Line printer spooler daemon
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                     10: /usr/lib/lpd
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                     12: lpd is  a daemon program  that runs in the  background and prints
                     13: listings queued  by the command lpr.  It  is run automatically by
                     14: lpr.  If there is no printing  to do, or if another daemon is al-
                     15: ready  running  (indicated  by  the  file  dpid), lpd  exits  im-
                     16: mediately.  Otherwise,  it searches the spool  directory for con-
                     17: trol files of listings to print.  These control files contain the
                     18: names of files to print, the  user name, banners, and files to be
                     19: removed upon completion.
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                     21: lpd does not print listings in any particular order.  Priority is
                     22: not given to any priority, either by size nor by requester.
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                     24: The  command lpskip  command terminates  or restarts  the current
                     25: line printer listing.
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                     27: ***** Files *****
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                     29: /ddeevv/llpp -- Printer
                     30: /uussrr/ssppooooll/llppdd -- Spool directory
                     31: /uussrr/ssppooooll/llppdd/ccff* -- Control files
                     32: /uussrr/ssppooooll/llppdd/ddff* -- Data files
                     33: /uussrr/ssppooooll/llppdd/ddppiidd -- Lock and process id
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                     35: ***** See Also *****
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                     37: init, lpr, lpskip, system maintenance
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