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