Hi Imacat,
did you try 'done_jobs_max_age= 0' ???
best regards
~christoph
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, imacat wrote:
> Dear Christoph,
>
> > I use 3.8.3 and I definetely don't see the described behaviour, are you
> > sure the save_jobs... flag is disabled ?
>
> Yes. Things goes like this:
>
> root@rinse:/var/spool/lpd/null# grep done /etc/lpd.conf
> # Purpose: keep the last NN done jobs for status purposes
> # default done_jobs= 0 (INTEGER)
> # Purpose: keep done jobs for at most max age seconds
> # default done_jobs_max_age= 1 (INTEGER)
> # Purpose: save job when done
> # default save_when_done@ (FLAG off)
> root@rinse:/var/spool/lpd/null# ls
> acct control.pr lock.pr log lpq lpq.0 status status.pr unspooler.pr
> root@rinse:/var/spool/lpd/null# lpr -Pnull ~/tmp/test.ps
> root@rinse:/var/spool/lpd/null# ls
> acct dfA801rinse.wov.idv.tw log status.pr
> cfA801rinse.wov.idv.tw hfA801 lpq.0 unspooler.pr
> control.pr lock.pr status
> root@rinse:/var/spool/lpd/null# lpq -Pnull
> Printer: null@rinse 'Null Printer (Testing Only)'
> Queue: no printable jobs in queue
> Server: no server active
> Status: job 'root@rinse+801' removed- status expired at 21:52:01.805
> Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time
> root@rinse:/var/spool/lpd/null# ls
> acct dfA801rinse.wov.idv.tw log status unspooler.pr
> control.pr lock.pr lpq.0 status.pr
> root@rinse:/var/spool/lpd/null#
>
> The null printer goes to /dev/null without a print filter. As you
> can see, dfA801rinse.wov.idv.tw stays forever, if I don't delete it
> by hand.
>
> I have thought of the "save_when_done" option, too. But it does not seem
> to be the key. I must miss something here.
>
> Isn't there anybody there that has the same problem with me? I just
> tested it on an gcc 2.95.4, glibc 2.2.5, Debian 3.0r0. The problem is
> still the same. It does not seem to be related to gcc or glibc versions.
>
> I build LPRng with
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
> --libdir=/usr/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man
> --disable-setuid --enable-nls --with-unix_socket_path=/var/run/lpd.sock
> --with-init_path=/etc/init.d/lpd --with-userid=lp --with-groupid=lp
> --with-done_jobs=0 --with-done_jobs_max_age=1
>
> --
> Best regards,
> imacat ^_*'
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