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4 .\" cupsd man page for CUPS.
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15 .TH cupsd 8 "CUPS" "4 March 2014" "Apple Inc."
16 .SH NAME
17 cupsd \- cups scheduler
18 .SH SYNOPSIS
19 .B cupsd
20 [ -c
21 .I config-file
22 ] [ -f ] [ -F ] [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -t ]
23 .SH DESCRIPTION
24 .B cupsd
25 is the scheduler for CUPS. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol, version 2.1. If no options are specified on the command-line then the default configuration file
26 .I /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
27 will be used.
28 .SH OPTIONS
29 .TP 5
30 -c config-file
31 Uses the named configuration file.
32 .TP 5
33 -f
34 Run
35 .B cupsd
36 in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon".
37 .TP 5
38 -F
39 Run
40 .B cupsd
41 in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running
42 .BR cupsd from init (8).
43 .TP 5
44 -h
45 Shows the program usage.
46 .TP 5
47 -l
48 This option is passed to
49 .B cupsd
50 when it is run from
51 .BR launchd (8).
52 .TP 5
53 -t
54 Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
55 .SH COMPATIBILITY
56 .B cupsd
57 implements all of the required IPP/2.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administration operations.
58 .SH SEE ALSO
59 .BR backend (7), classes.conf (5), cups-deviced (8), cups-driverd (8), cups-lpd (8), cupsd.conf (5), filter (7), launchd (8), mime.convs (5), mime.types (5), printers.conf (5),
60 http://localhost:631/help
61 .SH COPYRIGHT
62 Copyright \[co] 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
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