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9 <h1 class=
"title">cupsd(
8)
</h1>
10 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"NAME">Name
</a></h2>
11 cupsd - cups scheduler
12 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"SYNOPSIS">Synopsis
</a></h2>
28 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"DESCRIPTION">Description
</a></h2>
30 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
31 <i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf
</i>
33 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"OPTIONS">Options
</a></h2>
35 <dt><b>-c
</b><i> config-file
</i>
36 <dd style=
"margin-left: 5.0em">Uses the named configuration file.
38 <dd style=
"margin-left: 5.0em">Run
40 in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a
"daemon".
42 <dd style=
"margin-left: 5.0em">Run
44 in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running
49 <dd style=
"margin-left: 5.0em">Shows the program usage.
51 <dd style=
"margin-left: 5.0em">This option is passed to
58 <dd style=
"margin-left: 5.0em">Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
60 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"FILES">Files
</a></h2>
62 <i>/etc/cups/classes.conf
</i>
63 <i>/etc/cups/cups-files.conf
</i>
64 <i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf
</i>
65 <i>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs
</i>
66 <i>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.types
</i>
67 <i>/etc/cups/printers.conf
</i>
69 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"CONFORMING_TO">Conforming To
</a></h2>
71 implements all of the required IPP/
2.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administrative operations.
72 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"EXAMPLES">Examples
</a></h2>
75 in the background with the default configuration file:
81 Test a configuration file called
90 in the foreground with a test configuration file called
97 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"SEE_ALSO">See Also
</a></h2>
98 <a href=
"man-backend.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>backend
</b>(
7),
</a>
99 <a href=
"man-classes.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>classes.conf
</b>(
5),
</a>
100 <a href=
"man-cups.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups
</b>(
1),
</a>
101 <b>cups-deviced
</b>(
8),
102 <b>cups-driverd
</b>(
8),
103 <a href=
"man-cups-lpd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-lpd
</b>(
8),
</a>
104 <a href=
"man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd.conf
</b>(
5),
</a>
105 <a href=
"man-filter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>filter
</b>(
7),
</a>
107 <a href=
"man-mime.convs.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.convs
</b>(
5),
</a>
108 <a href=
"man-mime.types.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.types
</b>(
5),
</a>
109 <a href=
"man-printers.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>printers.conf
</b>(
5),
</a>
111 CUPS Online Help (
<a href=
"http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:
631/help
</a>)
112 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"COPYRIGHT">Copyright
</a></h2>
113 Copyright
© 2007-
2014 by Apple Inc.