lprm(1)                                                   lprm(1)



     NAME
          lprm - remove jobs from the line printer spooling queue

     SYNOPSIS
          lprm [-Pprinter] [-] [job#...] [user...]

     DESCRIPTION
          lprm will remove a job, or jobs, from a printer's spool
          queue.  Since the spooling directory is protected from
          users, using lprm is normally the only method by which a
          user may remove a job.

          lprm without any arguments will delete the currently active
          job if it is owned by the user who invoked lprm.

          If the - flag is specified, lprm will remove all jobs which
          a user owns.  If the super-user employs this flag, the spool
          queue will be emptied entirely. The owner is determined by
          the user's login name and host name on the machine where the
          lpr command was invoked.

          Specifying a user's name, or list of user names, will cause
          lprm to attempt to remove any jobs queued belonging to that
          user (or users).  This form of invoking lprm is useful only
          to the super-user.

          A user may dequeue an individual job by specifying its job
          number.  This number may be obtained from the lpq(1)
          program, e.g.

               % lpq -l
               1st: ken                          [job #013ucbarpa]
                    (standard input)             100 bytes
               % lprm 13

          lprm will announce the names of any files it removes and is
          silent if there are no jobs in the queue which match the
          request list.

          lprm will kill off an active daemon, if necessary, before
          removing any spooling files.  If a daemon is killed, a new
          one is automatically restarted upon completion of file
          removals.

          The -P flag option may be usd to specify the queue
          associated with a specific printer (otherwise the default
          printer, or the value of the PRINTER variable in the
          environment is used).

     FILES
          /usr/ucb/lprm




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     lprm(1)                                                   lprm(1)



     SEE ALSO
          lpr(1), lprm(1), lpq(1).

     DIAGNOSTICS
          Permission denied if the user tries to remove files other
          than his own.

     BUGS
          Since there are race conditions possible in the update of
          the lock file, the currently active job may be incorrectly
          identified.












































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