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34.Dd January 22, 1995
35.Dt LP 1
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm lp
39.Nd front-end to the print spooler
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Op Fl cs
43.Op Fl o Ar option
44.Op Fl d Ar printer
45.Op Fl n Ar num
46.Op Ar name ...
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50utility is a front-end to the print spooler as required by the
51.St -p1003.2
52specification.
53It 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.
66The application can then safely delete or modify the
67files without affecting the output operation.
68.It Fl d Ar dest
69Specify a particular printer.
70If no
71.Fl d
72is provided on the command line, the contents of the environment
73variables
74.Ev LPDEST
75or
76.Ev PRINTER
77(with this precedence)
78are taken as the destination printer.
79.It Fl m
80Send mail upon completion.
81.It Fl n Ar num
82Specify that
83.Ar num
84copies of each of the named files shall be printed.
85.It Fl o Ar option
86Printer specific options.
87Not supported, provided only as a compatibility
88option for SVR.
89.It Fl s
90Silent operation.
91Not supported,
92provided only as a compatibility option for
93.St -susv2 .
94.It Fl t Ar title
95Set the job title to
96.Ar title .
97.El
98.Sh ENVIRONMENT
99As described above, the variables
100.Ev LPDEST
101and
102.Ev PRINTER
103are examined to select the destination printer.
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr lpr 1
106.Sh STANDARDS
107The
108.Nm
109command is expected to comply with the
110.St -p1003.2
111specification.
112.Sh AUTHORS
113This implementation of the
114.Nm
115command has been written by
116.An J\(:org Wunsch .
117.Sh BUGS
118The
119.St -p1003.2
120specification does not provide any means to print non-text files.
121It
122rather requires the files to be printed to be text files limited to
123reasonable line lengths and printable characters.
124