LPSTAT(C) UNIX System V
Name
lpstat - print information about status of LP print service
Syntax
lpstat [options]
Description
lpstat prints information about the current status of the LP
print service.
If no options are given, then lpstat prints the status of
all requests made to lp(C) by the users. Any arguments that
are not options are assumed to be request-ids (as returned
by lp), printers, or printer classes. lpstat prints the
status of such requests, printers, or printer classes.
Options may appear in any order and may be repeated and
intermixed with other arguments. Some of the keyletters
below may be followed by an optional list that can be in one
of two forms: a list of items separated from one another by
a comma, or a list of items enclosed in double quotes and
separated from one another by a comma and/or one or more
spaces. For example:
-u "user1, user2, user3"
Specifying "all" after any keyletters that take "list" as an
argument causes all information relevant to the keyletter to
be printed. For example, the command
lpstat -o all
prints the status of all output requests.
-a [list] Print acceptance status (with respect to lp) of
destinations for requests [see accept(ADM)].
list is a list of intermixed printer names and
class names; the default is all.
-c [list] Print class names and their members. list is a
list of class names; the default is all.
-d Print the system default destination for lp.
-f [list] [-l]
Print a verification that the forms in form-
list are recognized by the LP print service.
The -l option will list the form descriptions.
-o [list] [-l]
Print the status of output requests. list is a
list of intermixed printer names, class names,
and request-ids; the default is all. The -l
option gives a more detailed status of the
request.
-p [list] [-D] [-l]
Print the status of printers named in list. If
the -D option is given, a brief description is
printed for each printer in list. If the -l
option is given, a full description of each
printer's configuration is given, including the
form mounted, the acceptable content and
printer types, a printer description, the
interface used, and so on.
-r Print the status of the LP request scheduler.
-s Print a status summary, including the system
default destination, a list of class names and
their members, a list of printers and their
associated devices, a list of all forms
currently mounted, and a list of all recognized
character sets and print wheels.
-S [list] [-l]
Print a verification that the character sets or
the print wheels specified in list are
recognized by the LP print service. Items in
list can be character sets or print wheels; the
default for the list is all. If the -l option
is given, each line is appended by a list of
printers that can handle the print wheel or
character set. The list also shows whether the
print wheel or character set is mounted or
specifies the built-in character set into which
it maps.
-t Print all status information.
-u [list] Print status of output requests for users.
List is a list of login names. The default is
all.
-v [list] Print the names of printers and the path names
of the devices associated with them. list is a
list of printer names. The default is all.
Files
/usr/spool/lp/*
See Also
enable(C), lp(C)
Standards Conformance
lpstat is conformant with:
AT&T SVID Issue 2, Select Code 307-127;
and The X/Open Portability Guide II of January 1987.
(printed 2/15/90) LPSTAT(C)