lprm(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands lprm(1B)NAMElprm - remove print requests from the print queue
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/lprm [-P destination] [-] [request-ID]...
[user]...
DESCRIPTION
The lprm utility removes print requests (request-ID) from the print
queue.
Without arguments, lprm deletes the current print request. lprm reports
the name of the file associated with print requests that it removes.
lprm is silent if there are no applicable print requests to remove.
Users can only remove print requests associated with their user name.
See Notes. If a superuser executes lprm and specifies the user operand,
lprm removes all print requests belonging to the specified user.
The print client commands locate destination information using the
"printers" database in the name service switch. See nsswitch.conf(4),
printers(4), and printers.conf(4) for details.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-P destination The name of the printer or class of printers (see
lpadmin(1M)) from which to remove print requests.
Specify destination using atomic, URI-style
(scheme://endpoint), or POSIX-style (server:destina‐
tion) names. See printers.conf(4) for information
regarding the naming naming conventions for destina‐
tion names.
− If a user specifies this option, removes all print
requests owned by that user. If a superuser specifies
this option, removes all requests in the print queue.
Job ownership is determined by the user's login name
and host name on the machine from which lpr was exe‐
cuted. See Notes.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported.
request-ID Removes a specific print request. Specify request-ID as
the job number (Job) associated with a print request and
reported by lpq. See lpq(1B).
user Removes print requests associated with a specific user.
Specify user as a valid user name. This option can only
be used by a superuser.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Removing a Print Request
The following example removes request-ID 385 from destination killtree:
example% lprm −P killtree 385
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
non-zero An error occurred.
FILES
$HOME/.printers User-configurable printer database
/etc/printers.conf System printer configuration database
printers.conf.byname NIS version of /etc/printers.conf
ou=printers LDAP version of /etc/printers.conf
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWlpr-cmds │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Committed │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Standard │See standards(5). │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOlp(1), lpc(1B), lpq(1B), lpr(1B), lpstat(1), lpadmin(1M), nss‐
witch.conf(4), printers(4), printers.conf(4), attributes(5), stan‐
dards(5)NOTES
Users can only remove print requests associated with their user name.
By default, users can only remove print requests on the host from which
the print request was submitted. If a superuser has set user-equiva‐
lence=true in /etc/printers.conf on the print server, users can remove
print requests associated with their user name on any host. Superusers
can remove print requests on the host from which the print request was
submitted. Superusers can also remove print requests from the print
server.
Some print servers send cancelation notification to job owners when
their print jobs have been cancelled. This notification usually comes
in the form of an email message. Cancelation notices cannot be disabled
on a Solaris server.
NOTES
When IPP is in use, the user is prompted for a passphrase if the remote
print service is configured to require authentication.
SunOS 5.11 10 Dec 2009 lprm(1B)
