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.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