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From: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com>
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Subject: lpq doesn't work according to man page
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>Number:         45731
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       lpq doesn't work according to man page
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gad
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 25 14:20:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:    Wed Nov 27 09:03:14 PST 2002
>Last-Modified:  Wed Nov 27 09:03:14 PST 2002
>Originator:     Peter Elsner
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
ServPlex Corporation
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD spxdev.servplex.com 4.5-STABLE FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE #1: Fri Mar 15 10:39:11 CST 2002 peter@spxdev.servplex.com:/home/usr/obj/home/usr/src/sys/SPXDEV i386


FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE

>Description:
man lpq displays the use as follows:

NAME
     lpq - spool queue examination program

SYNOPSIS
     lpq [-a] [-l] [-Pprinter] [job # ...] [user ...]

lpq -a (works fine)
lpq -l (doesn't return anything)
lpq -Pprinter (works fine)
lpq  job# and lpq user (don't work).

Examples follow:
spxdev:root# lpq -a
lsjd1p2:
spxdev.servplex.com: Warning: lsjd1p2 is down:
spxdev.servplex.com: Warning: no daemon present
Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
1st    peter      13   (standard input)                      785 bytes

(LPD Server):


spxdev:root# lpq -l
(LPD Server):

spxdev:root# lpq -Plsjd1p2
spxdev.servplex.com: Warning: lsjd1p2 is down:
spxdev.servplex.com: Warning: no daemon present
Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
1st    peter      13   (standard input)                      785 bytes

(LPD Server):

spxdev:root# lpq 13
(LPD Server):

spxdev:root# lpq peter
(LPD Server):

spxdev:root#

>How-To-Repeat:
	turn off your printer and send a print job.
   then type lpq -l or lpq job# or lpq username 
	(just as described in man page) and see the results.  

>Fix:



>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->gad 
Responsible-Changed-By: roam 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Nov 25 23:24:11 PST 2002 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Over to our lpd maintainer. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=45731 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: gad 
State-Changed-When: Wed Nov 27 08:55:42 PST 2002 
State-Changed-Why:  
The command works as documented in the man page.  The user expected "-a"-like 
behavior for all option-processing, but that is not the way it works.  The 
man page does indicate that 'lpq' works on only one queue UNLESS "-a" is 
specified, although it could perhaps be a bit more explicit about that. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=45731 
>Unformatted:
