1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Joerg Wunsch 3.\" 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This program is free software. 7.\" 8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 9.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 10.\" are met: 11.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 13.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 15.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 16.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 17.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 18.\" This product includes software developed by Joerg Wunsch 19.\" 4. The name of the developer may not be used to endorse or promote 20.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 21.\" permission. 22.\" 23.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 25.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 26.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 27.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 28.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 29.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 30.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 31.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 32.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/lpr/lp/lp.1,v 1.12.2.4 2002/06/21 16:40:43 charnier Exp $ 35.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/lpr/lp/lp.1,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:29:56 dillon Exp $ 36.\" 37.Dd January 22, 1995 38.Dt LP 1 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm lp 42.Nd front-end to the print spooler 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm 45.Op Fl cs 46.Op Fl o Ar option 47.Op Fl d Ar printer 48.Op Fl n Ar num 49.Op Ar name ... 50.Sh DESCRIPTION 51The 52.Nm 53utility is a front-end to the print spooler as required by the 54.St -p1003.2 55specification. It effectively invokes 56.Xr lpr 1 57with the proper set of arguments. 58.Pp 59It generally prints the named files on the destination printer. 60.Pp 61The following options are available: 62.Bl -tag -width indent 63.It Fl c 64Make the 65.Nm 66command exit only after further access to any of the input files is no 67longer required. The application can then safely delete or modify the 68files without affecting the output operation. 69.It Fl d Ar dest 70Specify a particular printer. 71If no 72.Fl d 73is provided on the command line, the contents of the environment 74variables 75.Ev LPDEST 76or 77.Ev PRINTER 78(with this precedence) 79are taken as the destination printer. 80.It Fl n Ar num 81Specify that 82.Ar num 83copies of each of the named files shall be printed. 84.It Fl o Ar option 85Printer specific options. 86Not supported, provided only as a compatibility 87option for SVR. 88.It Fl s 89Silent operation. 90Not supported, 91provided only as a compatibility option for 92.St -susv2 . 93.El 94.Sh ENVIRONMENT 95As described above, the variables 96.Ev LPDEST 97and 98.Ev PRINTER 99are examined to select the destination printer. 100.Sh SEE ALSO 101.Xr lpr 1 102.Sh STANDARDS 103The 104.Nm 105command is expected to comply with the 106.St -p1003.2 107specification. 108.Sh AUTHORS 109This implementation of the 110.Nm 111command has been written by 112.An J\(:org Wunsch . 113.Sh BUGS 114The 115.St -p1003.2 116specification does not provide any means to print non-text files. It 117rather requires the files to be printed to be text files limited to 118reasonable line lengths and printable characters. 119