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36 .Nd spool queue examination program
41 .Op Fl P Ns Ar printer
47 utility examines the spooling area used by
49 for printing files on the line printer, and reports the status of the
50 specified jobs or all jobs associated with a user.
54 without any arguments reports on any jobs currently in the queue.
57 .Bl -tag -width indent
59 Specify a particular printer, otherwise the default
60 line printer is used (or the value of the
64 All other arguments supplied are interpreted as user
65 names or job numbers to filter out only those jobs of interest.
67 Information about each of the files comprising the job entry
69 Normally, only as much information as will fit on one line is displayed.
71 Report on the local queues for all printers,
72 rather than just the specified printer.
75 For each job submitted (i.e., invocation of
78 reports the user's name, current rank in the queue, the
79 names of files comprising the job, the job identifier (a number which
82 for removing a specific job), and the total size in bytes.
83 Job ordering is dependent on
84 the algorithm used to scan the spooling directory and is supposed
88 File names comprising a job may be unavailable
91 is used as a sink in a pipeline) in which case the file
92 is indicated as ``(standard input)''.
96 warns that there is no daemon present (i.e., due to some malfunction),
99 command can be used to restart the printer daemon.
101 If the following environment variable exists, it is used by
103 .Bl -tag -width PRINTER
105 Specifies an alternate default printer.
108 .Bl -tag -width "/var/spool/*/lock" -compact
110 To determine printer characteristics.
112 The spooling directory, as determined from printcap.
113 .It Pa /var/spool/*/cf*
114 Control files specifying jobs.
115 .It Pa /var/spool/*/lock
116 The lock file to obtain the currently active job.
119 Unable to open various files.
120 The lock file being malformed.
122 files when there is no daemon active, but files in the spooling directory.
134 Due to the dynamic nature of the information in the spooling directory
136 may report unreliably.
137 Output formatting is sensitive to the line length of the terminal;
138 this can results in widely spaced columns.