Date: 29 Sep 2002 18:09:43 -0700 From: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Questions FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: is it possible to move print jobs? Message-ID: <1033348183.37357.59.camel@chip.wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209291551510.262-100000@wonkity.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209291551510.262-100000@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 15:09, Warren Block wrote: > On 29 Sep 2002, Chip Wiegand wrote: > > > I have a printer connected to my fbsd box, and another connected to a > > winblows box. the fbsd printer has crapped out on me and has 9 print > > jobs waiting in the queue. is it possible to move those jobs from > > printer queue lp to printer queue eps? > > Dunno if there's an automatic way to do it, but you can certainly do it > by hand. The print files are stored in the spool directory you've > specified in /etc/printcap. Data files start with dfA. > > So cd into your spool directory, and use lpr to print the files to the > new queue: > > cd /var/spool/output/lpd/lp > lpr -Peps dfA* > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA Thanks, that works great, added it to my fbsd notebook of stuff not found in the published books. Regards, Chip Wiegand www.wiegand.org chip@wiegand.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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