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28.\" $FreeBSD$
29.Dd November 30, 1997
30.Dt CHKPRINTCAP 8
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm chkprintcap
34.Nd check validity of entries in the print spooler database
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm
37.Op Fl d
38.Op Fl f Ar printcap
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42utility scans a
43.Xr printcap 5
44database
45(named by the
46.Ar printcap
47argument, or by default
48.Pa /etc/printcap ) ,
49looking for entries which are invalid in one way or another.
50The following checks are currently implemented:
51.Bl -enum -offset indent
52.It
53.Sq Li tc=
54references were properly expanded
55.It
56.Sq Li tc=
57references did not form a loop
58.It
59No two printers share the same spool directory
60.Sq ( Li sd=
61capability).
62.El
63.Pp
64The
65.Nm
66utility exits with a status equal to the number of errors encountered before
67processing stopped.
68(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 Mt wollman@lcs.mit.edu .
92.Sh BUGS
93Not enough sanity-checking is done.
94At a minimum, the ownership and
95mode of the spool directories should also be checked.
96Other
97parameters whose value could cause
98.Xr lpd 8
99to fail should be diagnosed.
100