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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/printcommand.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/printcommand.xml deleted file mode 100644 index c996ed6c2e..0000000000 --- a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/printcommand.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,86 +0,0 @@ -<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> - <term><anchor id="PRINTCOMMAND"/>print command (S)</term> - <listitem><para>After a print job has finished spooling to - a service, this command will be used via a <command moreinfo="none">system()</command> - call to process the spool file. Typically the command specified will - submit the spool file to the host's printing subsystem, but there - is no requirement that this be the case. The server will not remove - the spool file, so whatever command you specify should remove the - spool file when it has been processed, otherwise you will need to - manually remove old spool files.</para> - - <para>The print command is simply a text string. It will be used - verbatim after macro substitutions have been made:</para> - - <para>s, %p - the path to the spool - file name</para> - - <para>%p - the appropriate printer - name</para> - - <para>%J - the job - name as transmitted by the client.</para> - - <para>%c - The number of printed pages - of the spooled job (if known).</para> - - <para>%z - the size of the spooled - print job (in bytes)</para> - - <para>The print command <emphasis>MUST</emphasis> contain at least - one occurrence of <parameter moreinfo="none">%s</parameter> or <parameter moreinfo="none">%f - </parameter> - the <parameter moreinfo="none">%p</parameter> is optional. At the time - a job is submitted, if no printer name is supplied the <parameter moreinfo="none">%p - </parameter> will be silently removed from the printer command.</para> - - <para>If specified in the [global] section, the print command given - will be used for any printable service that does not have its own - print command specified.</para> - - <para>If there is neither a specified print command for a - printable service nor a global print command, spool files will - be created but not processed and (most importantly) not removed.</para> - - <para>Note that printing may fail on some UNIXes from the - <constant>nobody</constant> account. If this happens then create - an alternative guest account that can print and set the <link linkend="GUESTACCOUNT"><parameter moreinfo="none">guest account</parameter></link> - in the [global] section.</para> - - <para>You can form quite complex print commands by realizing - that they are just passed to a shell. For example the following - will log a print job, print the file, then remove it. Note that - ';' is the usual separator for command in shell scripts.</para> - - <para><command moreinfo="none">print command = echo Printing %s >> - /tmp/print.log; lpr -P %p %s; rm %s</command></para> - - <para>You may have to vary this command considerably depending - on how you normally print files on your system. The default for - the parameter varies depending on the setting of the <link linkend="PRINTING"> - <parameter moreinfo="none">printing</parameter></link> parameter.</para> - - <para>Default: For <command moreinfo="none">printing = BSD, AIX, QNX, LPRNG - or PLP :</command></para> - <para><command moreinfo="none">print command = lpr -r -P%p %s</command></para> - - <para>For <command moreinfo="none">printing = SYSV or HPUX :</command></para> - <para><command moreinfo="none">print command = lp -c -d%p %s; rm %s</command></para> - - <para>For <command moreinfo="none">printing = SOFTQ :</command></para> - <para><command moreinfo="none">print command = lp -d%p -s %s; rm %s</command></para> - - <para>For printing = CUPS : If SAMBA is compiled against - libcups, then <link linkend="PRINTING">printcap = cups</link> - uses the CUPS API to - submit jobs, etc. Otherwise it maps to the System V - commands with the -oraw option for printing, i.e. it - uses <command moreinfo="none">lp -c -d%p -oraw; rm %s</command>. - With <command moreinfo="none">printing = cups</command>, - and if SAMBA is compiled against libcups, any manually - set print command will be ignored.</para> - - - <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">print command = /usr/local/samba/bin/myprintscript - %p %s</command></para> - </listitem> - </samba:parameter> |