lpstat(1)

lpstat(1)

 

if none of the variables had been de®ned.

LC_ALL

If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other inter-

 

nationalisation variables.

LC_CTYPE

Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text

 

data as characters (for example, single- as opposed to multi-byte characters

 

in arguments).

LC_MESSAGES

Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents

 

of diagnostic messages written to standard error, and informative messages

 

written to standard output.

LC_TIME

Determine the format of date and time strings output when displaying line

 

printer status information with the -a, -o, -p, -t, or -uoptions.

NLSPATH

Determine the location of message catalogues for the processing of

 

LC_MESSAGES.

TZ

Determine the timezone used with date and time strings.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS

 

Default.

 

STDOUT

The standard output is a text ®le containing the information described in OPTIONS, in an unspeci®ed for- mat.

STDERR

Used only for diagnostic messages.

OUTPUT FILES

None.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

None.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0Successful completion. >0 An error occurred.

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS

Default.

APPLICATION USAGE

The lpstat utility cannot reliably determine the status of print requests in all conceivable circumstances. When the printer is under the control of another operating system or resides on a remote system across a network, it need not be possible to determine the status of the print job after it has left the control of the local operating system. Even on local printers, spooling hardware in the printer may make it appear that the print job has been completed long before the ®nal page is printed.

EXAMPLES

1.Obtain the status of two printers, the pathnames of two printers, a list of all class names and the status of the request named HiPri-33:

lpstat -plaser1,laser4 -v"laser2 laser3" -c HiPri-33

2.Obtain user print job status using the obsolescent mixed blank and comma form: lpstat -u"ddg,gmv, maw"

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

A version of lpstat that fully supports the XBD speci®cation, Section 10.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines may be introduced in a future issue.

HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000

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