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39 .Nd spool queue examination program
44 .Op Fl P Ns Ar printer
49 examines the spooling area used by
51 for printing files on the line printer, and reports the status of the
52 specified jobs or all jobs associated with a user.
55 without any arguments reports on any jobs currently in the queue.
59 .Bl -tag -width indent
61 Specify a particular printer, otherwise the default
62 line printer is used (or the value of the
65 environment). All other arguments supplied are interpreted as user
66 names or job numbers to filter out only those jobs of interest.
68 Information about each of the files comprising the job entry
70 Normally, only as much information as will fit on one line is displayed.
72 Report on the local queues for all printers,
73 rather than just the specified printer.
76 For each job submitted (i.e. invocation of
79 reports the user's name, current rank in the queue, the
80 names of files comprising the job, the job identifier (a number which
83 for removing a specific job), and the total size in bytes.
84 Job ordering is dependent on
85 the algorithm used to scan the spooling directory and is supposed
89 File names comprising a job may be unavailable
92 is used as a sink in a pipeline) in which case the file
93 is indicated as ``(standard input)''.
97 warns that there is no daemon present (i.e. due to some malfunction),
100 command can be used to restart the printer daemon.
102 If the following environment variable exists, it is used by
104 .Bl -tag -width PRINTER
106 Specifies an alternate default printer.
109 .Bl -tag -width "/var/spool/*/lock" -compact
111 To determine printer characteristics.
113 The spooling directory, as determined from printcap.
114 .It Pa /var/spool/*/cf*
115 Control files specifying jobs.
116 .It Pa /var/spool/*/lock
117 The lock file to obtain the currently active job.
129 Due to the dynamic nature of the information in the spooling directory
131 may report unreliably.
132 Output formatting is sensitive to the line length of the terminal;
133 this can results in widely spaced columns.
135 Unable to open various files. The lock file being malformed. Garbage
136 files when there is no daemon active, but files in the spooling directory.