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34.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/lpr/lp/lp.1,v 1.12.2.4 2002/06/21 16:40:43 charnier Exp $
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36.Dd January 22, 1995
37.Dt LP 1
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm lp
41.Nd front-end to the print spooler
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Fl cs
45.Op Fl o Ar option
46.Op Fl d Ar printer
47.Op Fl n Ar num
48.Op Ar name ...
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52utility is a front-end to the print spooler as required by the
53.St -p1003.2
54specification.  It effectively invokes
55.Xr lpr 1
56with the proper set of arguments.
57.Pp
58It generally prints the named files on the destination printer.
59.Pp
60The following options are available:
61.Bl -tag -width indent
62.It Fl c
63Make the
64.Nm
65command exit only after further access to any of the input files is no
66longer required.  The application can then safely delete or modify the
67files without affecting the output operation.
68.It Fl d Ar dest
69Specify a particular printer.
70If no
71.Fl d
72is provided on the command line, the contents of the environment
73variables
74.Ev LPDEST
75or
76.Ev PRINTER
77(with this precedence)
78are taken as the destination printer.
79.It Fl n Ar num
80Specify that
81.Ar num
82copies of each of the named files shall be printed.
83.It Fl o Ar option
84Printer specific options.
85Not supported, provided only as a compatibility
86option for SVR.
87.It Fl s
88Silent operation.
89Not supported,
90provided only as a compatibility option for
91.St -susv2 .
92.El
93.Sh ENVIRONMENT
94As described above, the variables
95.Ev LPDEST
96and
97.Ev PRINTER
98are examined to select the destination printer.
99.Sh SEE ALSO
100.Xr lpr 1
101.Sh STANDARDS
102The
103.Nm
104command is expected to comply with the
105.St -p1003.2
106specification.
107.Sh AUTHORS
108This implementation of the
109.Nm
110command has been written by
111.An J\(:org Wunsch .
112.Sh BUGS
113The
114.St -p1003.2
115specification does not provide any means to print non-text files.  It
116rather requires the files to be printed to be text files limited to
117reasonable line lengths and printable characters.
118