cancel(C)                     06 January 1993                      cancel(C)


 Name

    cancel - cancel requests to lineprinter

 Syntax

    cancel [ request-ids ] [ printers ]

 Description

    The cancel command cancels printer requests that were made by the lp(C)
    shell command.  The shell command line arguments may be either request-
    ids [as returned by lp(C) ] or printer names [for a complete list, use
    lpstat(C) ].  Specifying a request-id cancels the associated request even
    if it is currently printing.  Specifying a printer cancels the request
    that is currently printing on that printer.  In either case, the cancel-
    lation of a request that is currently printing frees the printer to print
    its next available request.

 See also

    lp(C),