]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/cups.git/blob - doc/help/man-cupsd.html
1050d3a525a1200b7690ef53622a35db7cc141c0
[thirdparty/cups.git] / doc / help / man-cupsd.html
1 <!DOCTYPE HTML>
2 <html>
3 <!-- SECTION: Man Pages -->
4 <head>
5 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../cups-printable.css">
6 <title>cupsd(8)</title>
7 </head>
8 <body>
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>
13 <b>cupsd</b>
14 [
15 <b>-c</b>
16 <i>config-file</i>
17 ] [
18 <b>-f</b>
19 ] [
20 <b>-F</b>
21 ] [
22 <b>-h</b>
23 ] [
24 <b>-l</b>
25 ] [
26 <b>-t</b>
27 ]
28 <h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
29 <b>cupsd</b>
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>
32 will be used.
33 <h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
34 <dl class="man">
35 <dt><b>-c</b><i> config-file</i>
36 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses the named configuration file.
37 <dt><b>-f</b>
38 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run
39 <b>cupsd</b>
40 in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon".
41 <dt><b>-F</b>
42 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run
43 <b>cupsd</b>
44 in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running
45 <b>cupsd</b>
46 from
47 <b>init</b>(8).
48 <dt><b>-h</b>
49 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Shows the program usage.
50 <dt><b>-l</b>
51 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">This option is passed to
52 <b>cupsd</b>
53 when it is run from
54 <b>launchd</b>(8)
55 or
56 <b>systemd</b>(8).
57 <dt><b>-t</b>
58 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
59 </dl>
60 <h2 class="title"><a name="FILES">Files</a></h2>
61 <pre class="man">
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>
68 </pre>
69 <h2 class="title"><a name="CONFORMING_TO">Conforming To</a></h2>
70 <b>cupsd</b>
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>
73 Run
74 <b>cupsd</b>
75 in the background with the default configuration file:
76 <pre class="man">
77
78 cupsd
79
80 </pre>
81 Test a configuration file called
82 <i>test.conf</i>:
83 <pre class="man">
84
85 cupsd -t -c test.conf
86
87 </pre>
88 Run
89 <b>cupsd</b>
90 in the foreground with a test configuration file called
91 <i>test.conf</i>:
92 <pre class="man">
93
94 cupsd -f -c test.conf
95
96 </pre>
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>
106 <b>launchd</b>(8),
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>
110 <b>systemd</b>(8),
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 &copy; 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
114
115 </body>
116 </html>