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lprm - Removes requests from the line printer spooling queue
lprm [-Pprinter] [-] [request_ID...] [user...]
The
lprm
command removes one or more requests from
a printer's spool queue.
Removes all requests that a user owns. If specified by a
user
with
superuser authority,
the spool queue is emptied entirely.
Specifies the queue associated with a specific printer; otherwise,
the default printer or the value of the
PRINTER
variable in the environment is used.
Because the spooling directory is protected from users, using lprm is normally the way a user can remove a request.
The lprm command without any arguments deletes the currently active request if it is owned by the user who invoked lprm.
The - flag removes all requests from the user issuing the command. If a user who has superuser authority uses this flag, the spool queue is emptied entirely. The owner is determined by the user's username and hostname on the machine where the lpr command was invoked.
You can remove an individual request from a queue by specifying its request ID. (You can obtain the request ID by using the lpq or lpstat commands.) Specifying one or more users removes any requests queued belonging to those users. This works only for a user with superuser authority.
The lprm command is silent if there are no requests in the queue that match the request list.
The
lprm
command kills an active daemon, if necessary,
before removing any spooling files. If a daemon is killed, a new one is automatically
restarted upon completion of file removals.
Because race conditions are possible in the update of the lock file,
the currently active request may be incorrectly identified.
The user tried to remove files that belong to another user.
To remove a request from the default queue by specifying the request ID, enter: lprm 13 To remove a request from a specific queue, enter: lprm -Plp0 13 To remove from a specific queue a request from user guest, enter: lprm -Plp0 guest
Printer description file.
Spool directories.
Daemon control files.
Data files specified in
cf
files.
Temporary copies of
cf
files.
Lock file used to obtain the process ID of the current daemon
and the request ID of the currently active request.
Commands: lp(1), lpc(8), lpd(8), lpq(1), lpr(1), lpstat(1)