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lpc(8) System Manager's Manual lpc(8) Name lpc - line printer control program Syntax /etc/lpc [ command [ argument... ] ] Description The program is used by the system administrator to control the operation of the line printer system. For each line printer with an entry in the file, may be used to start/stop several different functions. Without any arguments, prompts for commands from the standard input. If arguments are supplied, interprets the first argument as a command and the remaining arguments as parameters to the command. The standard input may be redirected causing to read commands from file. The commands and their parameters are shown below. Commands may be abbreviated. ? [ command... ] help [ command... ] Prints a short description of each command specified in the argument list, or, if no arguments are given, a list of the recognized commands. abort [ all ] [ printer... ] Terminates an active spooling daemon on the local host immediately and then disables printing (preventing new daemons from being started by for the specified printers. clean [ all ] [ printer... ] Removes all files beginning with ``cf'', ``tf'', or ``df'' from the specified printer queue(s) on the local machine. enable [ all ] [ printer... ] Enables spooling on the local queue for the listed printers. This will allow to put new jobs in the spool queue. exit quit Exits from disablefR [ all ] [ printer... ] Turns off the specified printer queues. This prevents new printer jobs from being entered into the queue by restart [ all ] [ printer... ] Attempts to start a new printer daemon. This is useful when some abnormal condition causes the daemon to die unexpectedly leaving jobs in the queue. The command will report that there is no daemon present when this condition occurs. start [ all ] [ printer... ] Enables printing and starts a spooling daemon for the listed printers. This command also creates an file in the printer's spool directory. The file can be used by filters as an initialization flag. status [ all ] [ printer... ] Displays the status of daemons and queues on the local machine. stop [ all ] [ printer... ] Stops a spooling daemon after the current job completes and disables printing. topq printer [ jobnum... ] [ user... ] Places the jobs in the order listed at the top of the printer queue. Diagnostics ?Ambiguous command Abbreviation matches more than on command. ?Invalid command No match was found. ?Privileged command The command can only be executed by root. Files Printer description file Spool directories Lock file for queue control See Also lpq(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), printcap(5), lpd(8) lpc(8)
AIX user administration - queue management