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| [9] | 1 | .TH LP 1
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | lp, lpd \- copy a file to the line printer
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | .B lp
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| 6 | .RI [ file " ...]"
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| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 8 | Each file argument to
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| 9 | .B lp
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| 10 | is send to the line printer to be printed. Standard input is read and
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| 11 | printed if there are no arguments.
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| 12 | .B Lp
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| 13 | executes
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| 14 | .B /usr/lib/lpd
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| 15 | with each file as input.
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| 16 | .B Lpd
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| 17 | puts the file in
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| 18 | .B /usr/spool/lpd
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| 19 | and starts printing the jobs on
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| 20 | .B /dev/lp
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| 21 | unless another
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| 22 | .B lpd
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| 23 | is already running. If
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| 24 | .B lpd
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| 25 | finds any character in the input that it doesn't know how to handle then it
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| 26 | will print the rest of the file without any special treatment. This also
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| 27 | means that no formfeed is sent after the file has been printed to force out
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| 28 | the page.
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| 29 | .B Lpd
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| 30 | simply assumes that you know what you are doing. (dumb, eh?)
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| 31 | .PP
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| 32 | Note: Don't do anything with a file until it is printed,
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| 33 | .B lpd
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| 34 | only makes a copy of a file in the spool directory when it is not world
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| 35 | readable. If it can be read then it is printed directly.
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| 36 | .SH FILES
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| 37 | .TP 20
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| 38 | .BI /usr/spool/lpd/job XXXXX
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| 39 | Information about a job.
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| 40 | .TP
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| 41 | .BI /usr/spool/lpd/tmp XXXXX
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| 42 | Associated file to be printed.
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| 43 | .TP
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| 44 | .B /etc/termcap
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| 45 | The 'lp' entry describes the printer by the "li#" and "co#" fields. By
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| 46 | default 66 lines (li#66), and 80 columns (co#80).
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| 47 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 48 | .BR lp (4),
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| 49 | .BR termcap (5),
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| 50 | .BR termcap (7).
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| 51 | .SH BUGS
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| 52 | Not spooling a world readable file may not be such a smart idea.
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| 53 | .PP
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| 54 | A formfeed should be printed and the printer reset after a job full of escape
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| 55 | codes, but this may cost paper.
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| 56 | .PP
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| 57 | No banner page.
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| 58 | .SH AUTHOR
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| 59 | Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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