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Dd January 22, 1995
Dt LP 1
Os
Sh NAME
Nm lp
Nd front-end to the print spooler
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl cs
Op Fl d Ar printer
Op Fl n Ar num
Op Fl o Ar option
Op Ar
Sh DESCRIPTION
Nm
is a front-end to the print spooler as required by the
St -p1003.2
specification.
It effectively invokes
Xr lpr 1
with the proper set of arguments.
It generally prints the named files on the destination printer.
Pp
The following options are available:
Bl -tag -width indent
It Fl c
Make the
Nm
command exit only after further access to any of the input files is no
longer required.
The application can then safely delete or modify the files without
affecting the output operation.
It Fl d Ar printer
Specify a particular printer.
If no
Fl d
is provided on the command line, the contents of the environment
variables
Ev LPDEST
or
Ev PRINTER
Pq with this precedence
are taken as the destination printer.
It Fl n Ar num
Specify that
Ar num
copies of each of the named files shall be printed.
It Fl o Ar option
Printer specific options.
Not supported, provided only as a compatibility option for SVR4.
It Fl s
Silent operation.
El
Sh ENVIRONMENT
As described above, the variables
Ev LPDEST
and
Ev PRINTER
are examined to select the destination printer.
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr lpr 1
Sh STANDARDS
The
Nm
command is expected to comply with the
St -p1003.2
specification.
Sh AUTHORS
This implementation of the
Nm
command has been written by
An J\(:org Wunsch .
Sh BUGS
The
St -p1003.2
specification does not provide any means to print non-text files.
It rather requires the files to be printed to be text files limited
to reasonable line lengths and printable characters.

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