MAGICFILTERCONFIG(8) System Manager's Manual MAGICFILTERCONFIG(8)NAME
magicfilterconfig - writes interactively a printcap file.
SYNOPSIS
magicfilterconfig [--force] [printcap]
DESCRIPTION
magicfilterconfig interactively writes a printcap file; either the one given as argument or /etc/printcap otherwise.
magicfilterconfig does not overwrite an existing printcap file, unless the --force switch was given (it assumes that the existing file was
handcrafted and is therefore correct).
OPTIONS --force
overwrite an existing printcap file.
FILES
/etc/printcap
/etc/printcap.orig
SEE ALSO printcap(5), lpd(8), lpc(8), papersize(5), Printing-HOWTOprinter manual.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by David Frey <dFrey@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
Debian February 2002 MAGICFILTERCONFIG(8)
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CHECKPC(8) System Manager's Manual CHECKPC(8)NAME
checkpc - check out the printcap database
SYNOPSIS
checkpc [ -aflprsCV ] [ -A age[DHMS] ] [ -D debugflags ] [ -P printer ] [ -t size[kM] ]
DESCRIPTION
Checkpc is used to check for the existence and correct permissions of entries in the printcap database. It is useful when installing a new
printcap database and cleaning up existing printer spoolers.
-a Do not create accounting files (:lf).
-c Print verbose configuration information.
-f The fix flag will cause the checkpc program create and fix various files and permissions. It does this in a simple minded manner, and
the program may have to be run several times until all permissions are correct. It also reports in extremely verbose details its
actions.
-l Do not create log files (:lf).
-p Print verbose printcap information. Useful if interested in the printcap values.
-r remove junk or job files older than the age set by -A. You must set the age to a non-zero value otherwise no files are removed.
-s Do not create filter status files (:ps).
-A Age[DHMS]
Report junk or job files older than age. The age time can have a suffix days (D) hours (H), minutes (M), or seconds (S); default is
days.
-D debugflags
Run the program with debugging flags. See the LPRng HOWTO for details of the flags actions.
-V Verbose mode.
-P printer
Process only the specified print queue.
-t size[kM]
Truncate log files (:lf) to the specified size in Kbytes or Mbytes (default is Mbytes).
ANNOYING FEATURES
If the -f (fix) option is specified and you do not run this as root, it will complain, but attempt to carry out the operations. This will
lead to a large number of failures reports if the ownership and/or permissions are incorrect.
FILES
The files used by LPRng are set by values in the printer configuration file and by configuration options. The following are a commonly
used set of default values.
/etc/lpd.conf LPRng configuration file
${HOME}/.printcap user printer description file
/etc/printcap printer description file
/etc/lpd.perms permissions
/var/run/lpd lock file for queue control
/var/spool/lpd spool directories
/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/control queue control
/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/log trace or debug log file
/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/acct accounting file
/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/status status file
SEE ALSO lpd.conf(5), lpc(8), lpd(8), lpr(1), lpq(1), lprm(1), printcap(5), lpd.perms(5), pr(1), lprng_certs(1), lprng_index_certs(1).
DIAGNOSTICS
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. The LPRng mailing list is
lprng@lprng.com; subscribe by sending mail to lprng-request@lprng.com with the word subscribe in the body. The software is available from
ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng.
AUTHOR
Patrick Powell <papowell@lprng.com>.
LPRng LPRng-3.9.0 CHECKPC(8)