printer status for print spooler: help

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rlpstat

rlpstat(1M)															       rlpstat(1M)

NAME

       rlpstat - print status of LP spooler requests on a remote system

SYNOPSIS

       printer] user] [id]...

DESCRIPTION

       reports	the status of the specified jobs or all requests associated with the specified users on the specified printer.	At least one id or
       the name of a printer must be specified.

       For each request submitted (by command -- see lp(1)) reports the request ID, user's name, total size of the request, date of  the  request,
       and, if it is being transferred, the device.

       This command is intended to be used only by the spool system in response to the command and should not be invoked directly (see lpstat(1)).

   Options
       recognizes the following options and command-line arguments:

	      Status is requested on the specified printer.

	      Status is requested on all requests for the user who executed the
			     command  on  the  specified  printer (see the option).  You can repeat the option to specify more users.  The maximum
			     number of users that can be specified is 50.

	      id	     Status is requested on the specified request IDs (as returned by All the request IDs must be for  the  same  printer.
			     The maximum number of request IDs that can be specified is 50.

AUTHOR

       was developed by the University of California, Berkeley, and HP.

FILES

SEE ALSO

       enable(1), lp(1), lpadmin(1M), lpsched(1M), lpstat(1), rcancel(1M), rlp(1M), rlpdaemon(1M).

																       rlpstat(1M)

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