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34.\" $FreeBSD$
35.\"
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
50The
51.Nm
52utility is a front-end to the print spooler as required by the
53.St -p1003.2
54specification.
55It effectively invokes
56.Xr lpr 1
57with the proper set of arguments.
58.Pp
59It generally prints the named files on the destination printer.
60.Pp
61The following options are available:
62.Bl -tag -width indent
63.It Fl c
64Make the
65.Nm
66command exit only after further access to any of the input files is no
67longer required.
68The application can then safely delete or modify the
69files without affecting the output operation.
70.It Fl d Ar dest
71Specify a particular printer.
72If no
73.Fl d
74is provided on the command line, the contents of the environment
75variables
76.Ev LPDEST
77or
78.Ev PRINTER
79(with this precedence)
80are taken as the destination printer.
81.It Fl m
82Send mail upon completion.
83.It Fl n Ar num
84Specify that
85.Ar num
86copies of each of the named files shall be printed.
87.It Fl o Ar option
88Printer specific options.
89Not supported, provided only as a compatibility
90option for SVR.
91.It Fl s
92Silent operation.
93Not supported,
94provided only as a compatibility option for
95.St -susv2 .
96.It Fl t Ar title
97Set the job title to
98.Ar title .
99.El
100.Sh ENVIRONMENT
101As described above, the variables
102.Ev LPDEST
103and
104.Ev PRINTER
105are examined to select the destination printer.
106.Sh SEE ALSO
107.Xr lpr 1
108.Sh STANDARDS
109The
110.Nm
111command is expected to comply with the
112.St -p1003.2
113specification.
114.Sh AUTHORS
115This implementation of the
116.Nm
117command has been written by
118.An J\(:org Wunsch .
119.Sh BUGS
120The
121.St -p1003.2
122specification does not provide any means to print non-text files.
123It
124rather requires the files to be printed to be text files limited to
125reasonable line lengths and printable characters.
126