lpmove(8)

lpmove8

Move a job or all jobs to a new destination

Usage

lpmove [-h server [:port]] [-E] [-U username] job destination

lpmove [-h server [:port]] [-E] [-U username] source destination

Overview

lpmove moves the specified job or all jobs from source to destination. job can be the job ID number or the old destination and job ID.

Options

The lpmove command supports the following options:

-E

Forces encryption when connecting to the server.

-U username

Specifies an alternate username.

-h server[:port]

Specifies an alternate server. Note: This option must occur before all others.

Examples

Move job 123 from "oldprinter" to "newprinter":

    lpmove 123 newprinter
            or
    lpmove oldprinter-123 newprinter

Move all jobs from "oldprinter" to "newprinter":

    lpmove oldprinter newprinter

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 11 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0
  4. 5.0
  5. 6.0
  6. 7
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13–Arch

-E since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -U since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -h since Debian 4.0 (Etch).

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