rlpstat(1)


rlpstat -- print information about status of remote lp print service

Synopsis

rlpstat local_printer_name

Description

rlpstat prints information about the status of a lp(1) print service on a remote host connected via TCP/IP.

rlpstat allows the user to look at the queue of a remote printer. The command is invoked with the name of the printer as it is known locally (that is, by its host computer). For example,

rlpstat local_printer_name

rlpstat will find the machine on which the printer is physically connected and do an lpstat -o local_printer_name to show the queue on that machine for that printer.

rlpstat makes the following assumptions:

Files


/usr/spool/lp/remote

/usr/spool/lp/.rhosts

Exit codes

rlpstat returns the following values:

0
successful completion

>0
an error occurred

References

lpstat(1), rlpcmd(1), rlpconf(1M), rsh(1)

Standards compliance

rlpstat is not part of any currently supported standard.
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