1.\" Copyright 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2.\" 3.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and 4.\" its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby 5.\" granted, provided that both the above copyright notice and this 6.\" permission notice appear in all copies, that both the above 7.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all 8.\" supporting documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used 9.\" in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the 10.\" software without specific, written prior permission. M.I.T. makes 11.\" no representations about the suitability of this software for any 12.\" purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied 13.\" warranty. 14.\" 15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY M.I.T. ``AS IS''. M.I.T. DISCLAIMS 16.\" ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, 17.\" INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 18.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT 19.\" SHALL M.I.T. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, 20.\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT 21.\" LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF 22.\" USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND 23.\" ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, 24.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT 25.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 26.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 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