LPRM(1) BSD Reference Manual LPRM(1) NNAAMMEE llpprrmm - remove jobs from the line printer spooling queue SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS llpprrmm [--PP_p_r_i_n_t_e_r] [--] [job # ...] [_u_s_e_r _._._.] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN LLpprrmm will remove a job, or jobs, from a printer's spool queue. Since the spooling directory is protected from users, using llpprrmm is normally the only method by which a user may remove a job. The owner of a job is de- termined by the user's login name and host name on the machine where the lpr(1) command was invoked. Options and arguments: --PP_p_r_i_n_t_e_r Specify the queue associated with a specific _p_r_i_n_t_e_r (otherwise the default printer is used). -- If a single `--' is given, llpprrmm will remove all jobs which a user owns. If the super-user employs this flag, the spool queue will be emptied entirely. _u_s_e_r Causes llpprrmm to attempt to remove any jobs queued belonging to that user (or users). This form of invoking llpprrmm is useful only to the super-user. _j_o_b _# A user may dequeue an individual job by specifying its job num- ber. This number may be obtained from the lpq(1) program, e.g. % lpq -l 1st:ken [job #013ucbarpa] (standard input) 100 bytes % lprm 13 If neither arguments or options are given, LLpprrmm will delete the currently active job if it is owned by the user who invoked llpprrmm. LLpprrmm announces the names of any files it removes and is silent if there are no jobs in the queue which match the request list. LLpprrmm 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. EENNVVIIRROONNMMEENNTT If the following environment variable exists, it is utilized by llpprrmm. PRINTER If the environment variable PRINTER exists, and a printer has not been specified with the --PP option, the default printer is assumed from PRINTER. FFIILLEESS /etc/printcap Printer characteristics file. /var/spool/* Spooling directories. /var/spool/*/lock Lock file used to obtain the pid of the current dae- mon and the job number of the currently active job. SSEEEE AALLSSOO lpr(1), lpq(1), lpd(8) DDIIAAGGNNOOSSTTIICCSS ``Permission denied" if the user tries to remove files other than his own. BBUUGGSS Since there are race conditions possible in the update of the lock file, the currently active job may be incorrectly identified. HHIISSTTOORRYY The llpprrmm command appeared in 3.0BSD. 4.2 Berkeley Distribution June 6, 1993 2