David Bear wrote: > On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Patrick Powell wrote: >>I am currently setting up the following calls in the >>LPRng library so you can get information from LPRng >>by using a separate process or linking into the LPRng >>library (liblprng) (as for CUPS). >> >>The API is blindingly stupid: > > So am I. What I would like is a way to get this kind of info from a > scripting language like python. Of course I could just use the lpq/lprm > interfaces to do some thing but I'd like to be lazy and receive status > info in some easily parseable structure. The goal is to write a web > interface to show printer queues and status. > > any suggestions?
The web interface has already been done (http://www.komar.org/ -> Misc. Tech Stuff). Or, you can get the interface details by looking at UTIL/{lpq,lpr,lprm}_in_perl. -Rick -- |Rick Cochran phone: 607-255-7618| |Cornell CIT - Systems & Operations - Net-Print FAX: 607-255-8521| |730 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
