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34.\" $FreeBSD$
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36.Dd January 22, 1995
37.Dt LP 1
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm lp
41.Nd front-end to the print spooler
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Fl cs
45.Op Fl o Ar option
46.Op Fl d Ar printer
47.Op Fl n Ar num
48.Op Ar name ...
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Nm \&Lp
51is a front-end to the print spooler as required by the
52.St -p1003.2
53specification.  It effectively invokes
54.Xr lpr 1
55with the proper set of arguments.
56.Pp
57It generally prints the named files on the destination printer.
58.Pp
59The following options are available:
60.Bl -tag -width indent
61.It Fl c
62Make the
63.Nm
64command exit only after further access to any of the input files is no
65longer required.  The application can then safely delete or modify the
66files without affecting the output operation.
67.It Fl d Ar dest
68Specify a particular printer.
69If no
70.Fl d
71is provided on the command line, the contents of the environment
72variables
73.Ev LPDEST
74or
75.Ev PRINTER
76(with this precedence)
77are taken as the destination printer.
78.It Fl n Ar num
79Specify that
80.Ar num
81copies of each of the named files shall be printed.
82.It Fl o Ar option
83Printer specific options.
84Not supported, provided only as a compatibility
85option for SVR.
86.It Fl s
87Silent operation.
88Not supported,
89provided only as a compatibility option for
90.St -susv2 .
91.El
92.Sh ENVIRONMENT
93As described above, the variables
94.Ev LPDEST
95and
96.Ev PRINTER
97are examined to select the destination printer.
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr lpr 1
100.Sh STANDARDS
101The
102.Nm
103command is expected to comply with the
104.St -p1003.2
105specification.
106.Sh AUTHORS
107This implementation of the
108.Nm
109command has been written by
110.An J\(:org Wunsch .
111.Sh BUGS
112The
113.St -p1003.2
114specification does not provide any means to print non-text files.  It
115rather requires the files to be printed to be text files limited to
116reasonable line lengths and printable characters.
117