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40 .Nd spool queue examination program
45 .Op Fl P Ns Ar printer
51 utility examines the spooling area used by
53 for printing files on the line printer, and reports the status of the
54 specified jobs or all jobs associated with a user.
58 without any arguments reports on any jobs currently in the queue.
62 .Bl -tag -width indent
64 Specify a particular printer, otherwise the default
65 line printer is used (or the value of the
69 All other arguments supplied are interpreted as user
70 names or job numbers to filter out only those jobs of interest.
72 Information about each of the files comprising the job entry
74 Normally, only as much information as will fit on one line is displayed.
76 Report on the local queues for all printers,
77 rather than just the specified printer.
80 For each job submitted (i.e., invocation of
83 reports the user's name, current rank in the queue, the
84 names of files comprising the job, the job identifier (a number which
87 for removing a specific job), and the total size in bytes.
88 Job ordering is dependent on
89 the algorithm used to scan the spooling directory and is supposed
93 File names comprising a job may be unavailable
96 is used as a sink in a pipeline) in which case the file
97 is indicated as ``(standard input)''.
101 warns that there is no daemon present (i.e., due to some malfunction),
104 command can be used to restart the printer daemon.
106 If the following environment variable exists, it is used by
108 .Bl -tag -width PRINTER
110 Specifies an alternate default printer.
113 .Bl -tag -width "/var/spool/*/lock" -compact
115 To determine printer characteristics.
117 The spooling directory, as determined from printcap.
118 .It Pa /var/spool/*/cf*
119 Control files specifying jobs.
120 .It Pa /var/spool/*/lock
121 The lock file to obtain the currently active job.
124 Unable to open various files.
125 The lock file being malformed.
127 files when there is no daemon active, but files in the spooling directory.
139 Due to the dynamic nature of the information in the spooling directory
141 may report unreliably.
142 Output formatting is sensitive to the line length of the terminal;
143 this can results in widely spaced columns.