Yes, expected by lpc; but if you use the (incorrect) syntax in the HOW-TO, lpc ignores the input.
The printer queue doesn't pause/resume. Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:23 PM > To: 'LPRng-l (E-mail)' > Subject: Re: LPRng: queuepause/resume oddities, correction to LPRng > HOW-TO > > > 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 > > > -- > /* Christoph Beyer | Office: Building 2b / 23 *\ > * DESY | Phone: 040-8998-2317 * > * - IT - | Fax: 040-8998-4060 * > \* 22603 Hamburg | http://www.desy.de */ > > > 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. 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