Hi Van,
seems likt you discovered the expected behaviour:
[printsrv2] ~ $ lpc --h
--X option form illegal
usage: lpc [-a][-Ddebuglevel][-Pprinter][-Shost][-Uusername][-V] [command]
with no command, reads from STDIN
-a - alias for -Pall
-Ddebuglevel - debug level
-Pprinter - printer
-Pprinter@host - printer on lpd server on host
-Shost - connect to lpd server on host
-Uuser - identify command as coming from user
-V - increase information verbosity
commands:
active (printer[@host]) - check for active server
abort (printer[@host] | all) - stop server
class printer[@host] (class | off) - show/set class printing
disable (printer[@host] | all) - disable queueing
debug (printer[@host] | all) debugparms - set debug level for printer
down (printer[@host] | all) - disable printing and queueing
enable (printer[@host] | all) - enable queueing
flush (printer[@host] | all) - flush cached status
hold (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host] | job | all)* - hold job
holdall (printer[@host] | all) - hold all jobs on
kill (printer[@host] | all) - stop and restart server
lpd (printer[@host]) - get LPD PID
lpq (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host] | job | all)* - invoke
LPQ
lprm (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host]|host|job| all)* - invoke
LPRM
msg printer message text - set status message
move printer (user|jobid)* target - move jobs to new queue
noholdall (printer[@host] | all) - hold all jobs off
printcap (printer[@host] | all) - report printcap values
quit - exit LPC
redirect (printer[@host] | all) (printer@host | off )* - redirect
jobs
redo (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host] | job | all)* - reprint
jobs
release (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host] | job | all)* - release
jobs
reread - LPD reread database information
start (printer[@host] | all) - start printing
status (printer[@host] | all) - status of printers
stop (printer[@host] | all) - stop printing
topq (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host] | job | all)* - reorder
jobs
up (printer[@host] | all) - enable printing and queueing
diagnostic:
defaultq - show default queue for LPD server
defaults - show default configuration values
lang - show current i18n (iNTERNATIONALIZATIONn)
support
client (printer | all) - client config and printcap information
server (printer | all) - server config and printcap
best regards
~christoph
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Van Sickler, Jim wrote:
> I discovered today the following commands don't work
> the same when typed in from the command line:
> (%p=hp4plus, in this case)
>
> These work:
> lpc -P%p stop
> lpc stop %p
>
> This doesn't:
> lpc stop -P%p
>
> I also discovered today that the default command
> syntax in the HOW-TO doesn't work from my Win2k
> wkstn:
> queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p stop
> queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p start
>
> this syntax won't work either:
> queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc %p stop
> queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc %p start
>
> The following syntax WILL pause/resume the printer:
> queuepause command = /usr/local/sbin/lpc stop %p
> queueresume command = /usr/local/sbin/lpc start %p
>
> So "lpc stop %p" / "lpc start %p" work in both situations...
>
> Would someone please change the syntax in the HOW-TO so
> that Section 2.12. reads:
>
> queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc stop %p
> queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc start %p
>
> This will bring the commands in line with the correct
> (functional) syntax. (After independent testing
> & confirmation, of course!)
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
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