lpd_status(1)

lpd_status1

Display status and entries of a remote lpd print queue

Usage

lpd_status {[-l] [-v] queue@host | host [queue]}

Overview

lpd_status retrieves the status and queued entries from the BSD line printer daemon at host. The status of queueischecked, or lp if not specified.

To be compliant with RFC-1179, this program must run SUID root, so that a privileged outbound port may be used. However, many lpd servers found on networked printers do not enforce this requirement.

Options

-l

Request the long form of the queue.

-v

Print warnings and fatal errors.

-vv

Print warnings, fatal errors, and informative messages.

-vvv

Print everything (debug level).

Author

Jacob A. Langford <[email protected]>

From pdq 2.2.1-7 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.