lsquedev Command

Purpose

Displays the device stanza name.

Syntax

lsquedev [ -c ] -qName -d Name

Description

The lsquedev command displays the name of the queue stanza and associated attributes from the /etc/qconfig file.

Flags

Item Description
-c Specifies colon output format for use by SMIT.
-d Name Specifies the Name variable of the device stanza that is displayed.
-q Name Specifies the Name variable of the queue containing the device stanza that is displayed.

Security

Attention RBAC users and Trusted AIX users: This command can perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged operations. For more information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command Database in AIX® Version 7.1 Security. For a list of privileges and the authorizations associated with this command, see the lssecattr command or the getcmdattr subcommand.

Examples

  1. To display device stanza dlp0 on the lp0 queue, type:

    lsquedev  -q lp0  -d dlp0

    A listing similar to the following is displayed: 
    dlp0:
FILE = /dev/lp0
BACKEND = /usr/lib/lpd/piobe
  2. To display device stanza dlp0 on the lp0 queue in colon format, type:

    lsquedev  -c  -qlp0  -d dlp0

    A listing similar to the following is displayed: 
    file:access:feed:header:trailer:backend:align
dlp0:/dev/lp0:read:never:never:never:/usr/lib/lpd/piobe:TRUE

Files

Item Description
/usr/bin/lsquedev Contains the lsquedev command.
/etc/qconfig Contains the configuration file.