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28.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/lpr/chkprintcap/chkprintcap.8,v 1.3.2.4 2002/09/01 00:37:35 gad Exp $
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30.Dd November 30, 1997
31.Dt CHKPRINTCAP 8
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm chkprintcap
35.Nd check validity of entries in the print spooler database
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl d
39.Op Fl f Ar printcap
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43utility scans a
44.Xr printcap 5
45database
46(named by the
47.Ar printcap
48argument, or by default
49.Pa /etc/printcap ) ,
50looking for entries which are invalid in one way or another.
51The following checks are currently implemented:
52.Bl -enum -offset indent
53.It
54.Sq Li tc=
55references were properly expanded
56.It
57.Sq Li tc=
58references did not form a loop
59.It
60No two printers share the same spool directory
61.Sq ( Li sd=
62capability).
63.El
64.Pp
65The
66.Nm
67utility exits with a status equal to the number of errors encountered before
68processing stopped.  (In some cases, processing can stop before the
69entire file is scanned.)
70.Pp
71If the
72.Fl d
73flag is given,
74.Nm
75will attempt to create any missing spool directories, giving them
76.Sq Li u=rwx,go=rx
77(0755) mode, group
78.Sq Li daemon ,
79and the owner specified by the
80.Sq Li du=
81capability in the database (default 1, which corresponds to user
82.Sq Li daemon ) .
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr lpr 1 ,
85.Xr printcap 5 ,
86.Xr lpd 8
87.Sh AUTHORS
88The
89.Nm
90utility was written by
91.An Garrett A. Wollman Aq wollman@lcs.mit.edu .
92.Sh BUGS
93Not enough sanity-checking is done.  At a minimum, the ownership and
94mode of the spool directories should also be checked.  Other
95parameters whose value could cause
96.Xr lpd 8
97to fail should be diagnosed.
98