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Old 10-27-2011
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Hi pals,

Pls tel me how to cancel print jobs for an entire month (ex : sept)?
Code:
lpstat -oLBNDUIP061 | grep -i Sep

is listing me hundreds of jobs.

Thanks in Advance,
Satish

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Old 10-27-2011
Different UNIX flavors may have different command/syntax you know especially when it is about printing...
So for what OS and version, I suppose you are using lp command? (and not lpr or...)
# 3  
Old 10-27-2011
The server in question here is a HPUX one (HPUX 11.23 UNIX)
I am cancelling print-jobs, agonizingly one-by-one (cancel job1 job2...)
Can I cancel a month's jobs (may be a few hundred of them) at one go?
# 4  
Old 10-27-2011
HP-UX:
if you are root there is a -e option of cancel that deletes all the print requests for a printer...
Otherwise you will have to write a script to find all sep print request and use a loop to cancel the jobs...
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Old 10-27-2011
The problem with deleting all jobs is that I should not cancel jobs of the previous week. So, I should write a code for the same? Or is there a way I cancel all jobs ina queue except the current week's?

Also, thanks for replying
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Old 10-27-2011
No there isnt a command that I know of that will let you choose based on time...
There may be something in SAM though, I haven't tried to see what it offers in tems of queue administration, have a look!
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Old 10-27-2011
I just had a look and unfortunately since I have no print queues I see nothing...
 
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