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Name

xkspool - command-line printer queue creation/removal

Synopsis

xkspool [ -createq qname ] -O object [ -Z zone ]
xkspool -deleteq qname
xkspool -rescript

Description

The program xkspool is a command-line interface to a few of the xktalk (1) GUI's printer maintenance duties. It can create and delete printers, or can updated printer queue scripts. Only the Super-User (root) may use this program.

When run with the -O option, a printer queue will be created to the printer object in the default zone if no -Z option is specified. The name of the queue can be supplied with the -createq option, but qname only overrides a queue name that would have been made from the object name. The final queue name may still be different if qname is not unique in the printing system.

With the -deleteq option, the qname printer queue is deleted, if it's possible to do so.

All out-of-date printer queue scripts (for existing queues) may be updated with the -rescript option. A queue's script is out of date if the current version being created is higher than the ``SV'' key in the print queue's /etc/printcap entry. The ``SV'' key in /etc/printcap is NOT updated when scripts are updated in this way.

Diagnostics

xkspool exits with 0 status when the operation succeeds. It exits with a non-zero status and produces one of many error messages to standard error when something fails.

Files

/etc/printcap
Printer configuration file (also used by the lpr(1) system, if installed).
/var/adm/appletalk/printerscripts
Directory that holds scripts for queues in the lp(1) and/or lpr(1) printing system.
/var/adm/appletalk/defspooldir
File holds the pathname to the parent directory where all new printer administration directories (which is the actual spool directory for the lpr(1) printing system) will be created.
/usr/adm/appletalk/ppds
Default location to look for pre-defined PostScript Printer Description files.
/var/adm/appletalk/services
Xinet startup Shell Script (holds AppleTalk Spooler options).

See Also

xktalk(1) , the Xinet Administration Guide