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