rcancel(1M)                                                     rcancel(1M)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      rcancel - remove requests from a remote printer spooling queue

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      /usr/sbin/rcancel [id ...] [printer] [-a] [-e] [-u user]

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      The rcancel command removes a request, or requests, from the spool
      queue of a remote printer.  rcancel is invoked by the cancel command
      (see lp(1)).

      At least one id or the name of a printer must be specified.

      This command is intended to be used only by the spool system in
      response to the cancel command (see lp(1)), and should not be invoked
      directly.

    Options    [Toc]    [Back]
      The rcancel command recognizes the following options:

           id          Specifying a request ID (as returned by lp (see
                       lp(1))) cancels the associated request, even if it is
                       currently printing.  The maximum number of ids that
                       can be specified is 50.

           printer     Name of the printer (for a complete list, use lpstat
                       (see lpstat(1))).  Specifying a printer cancels the
                       request which is currently printing on that printer,
                       if the request is owned by the user.  If the -a, -e,
                       or the -u option is specified, this option only
                       specifies the printer on which to perform the
                       corresponding cancel operation.

           -a          Remove all requests owned by the user on the
                       specified printer (see printer).  The owner is
                       determined by the user's login name and host name on
                       the machine where the lp command was invoked.

           -e          Empty the spool queue of all requests for the
                       specified printer.  This form of invoking rcancel is
                       useful only to users with appropriate privileges.

           -u user     Remove any requests queued belonging to that user (or
                       users) for the specified printer.  You can repeat the
                       -u option to specify more users.  The maximum number
                       of users that can be specified is 50.  This form of
                       invoking rcancel is useful only to users with
                       appropriate privileges.

 WARNINGS    [Toc]    [Back]
      A remote print request can be canceled only from the system on which



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 rcancel(1M)                                                     rcancel(1M)




      the the original lp command was issued, and if the restrict cancel
      feature (see lpadmin(1M)) is enabled for the specified printer, a
      request belonging to this printer can be canceled only by the system
      administrator or the user who requested it.

      This command is intended to be used only by the spool system in
      response to the cancel command (see lp(1)), and should not be invoked
      directly.

 AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
      rcancel was developed by the University of California, Berkeley, and
      HP.

 FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
      /var/spool/lp/*
      /var/adm/lp/*
      /etc/lp/*
      /usr/lib/lp/*

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      enable(1), lp(1), lpstat(1), accept(1M), lpadmin(1M), lpsched(1M),
      rlp(1M), rlpdaemon(1M), rlpstat(1M).


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