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diff --git a/docs/manpages-3/smbspool.8.xml b/docs/manpages-3/smbspool.8.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6ed2d607e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manpages-3/smbspool.8.xml @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<refentry id="smbspool.8"> + +<refmeta> + <refentrytitle>smbspool</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> +</refmeta> + + +<refnamediv> + <refname>smbspool</refname> + <refpurpose>send a print file to an SMB printer</refpurpose> +</refnamediv> + +<refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>smbspool</command> + <arg choice="req">job</arg> + <arg choice="req">user</arg> + <arg choice="req">title</arg> + <arg choice="req">copies</arg> + <arg choice="req">options</arg> + <arg choice="opt">filename</arg> + </cmdsynopsis> +</refsynopsisdiv> + +<refsect1> + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + + <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para> + + <para>smbspool is a very small print spooling program that + sends a print file to an SMB printer. The command-line arguments + are position-dependent for compatibility with the Common UNIX + Printing System, but you can use smbspool with any printing system + or from a program or script.</para> + + <para><emphasis>DEVICE URI</emphasis></para> + + <para>smbspool specifies the destination using a Uniform Resource + Identifier ("URI") with a method of "smb". This string can take + a number of forms:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>smb://server[:port]/printer</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>smb://workgroup/server[:port]/printer</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>smb://username:password@server[:port]/printer</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>smb://username:password@workgroup/server[:port]/printer</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>smbspool tries to get the URI from the environment variable + <envar>DEVICE_URI</envar>. If <envar>DEVICE_URI</envar> is not present, + smbspool will use argv[0] if that starts with <quote>smb://</quote> + or argv[1] if that is not the case.</para> + + <para>Programs using the <command>exec(2)</command> functions can + pass the URI in argv[0], while shell scripts must set the + <envar>DEVICE_URI</envar> environment variable prior to + running smbspool.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>OPTIONS</title> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>The job argument (argv[1]) contains the + job ID number and is presently not used by smbspool. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>The user argument (argv[2]) contains the + print user's name and is presently not used by smbspool. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>The title argument (argv[3]) contains the + job title string and is passed as the remote file name + when sending the print job.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>The copies argument (argv[4]) contains + the number of copies to be printed of the named file. If + no filename is provided then this argument is not used by + smbspool.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>The options argument (argv[5]) contains + the print options in a single string and is currently + not used by smbspool.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>The filename argument (argv[6]) contains the + name of the file to print. If this argument is not specified + then the print file is read from the standard input.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</refsect1> + + +<refsect1> + <title>VERSION</title> + + <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>SEE ALSO</title> + <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>AUTHOR</title> + + <para><command>smbspool</command> was written by Michael Sweet + at Easy Software Products.</para> + + <para>The original Samba software and related utilities + were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed + by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar + to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para> + + <para>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. + The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another + excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"> + ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 + release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for + Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 + for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para> +</refsect1> + +</refentry> |