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9 <h1 class=
"title">cupsd-helper(
8)
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10 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"NAME">Name
</a></h2>
11 cupsd-helper - cupsd helper programs
12 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"SYNOPSIS">Synopsis
</a></h2>
30 <i>sandbox-profile
</i>
41 <i>/path/to/program
</i>
45 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"DESCRIPTION">Description
</a></h2>
46 The
<b>cupsd-helper
</b> programs perform long-running operations on behalf of the scheduler,
47 <a href=
"man-cupsd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd
</b>(
8).
</a>
48 The
<b>cups-deviced
</b> helper program runs each CUPS
49 <a href=
"man-backend.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>backend
</b>(
7)
</a>
50 with no arguments in order to discover the available printers.
51 <p>The
<b>cups-driverd
</b> helper program lists all available printer drivers, a subset of
"matching" printer drivers, or a copy of a specific driver PPD file.
52 <p>The
<b>cups-exec
</b> helper program runs backends, filters, and other programs. On OS X these programs are run in a secure sandbox.
53 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"FILES">Files
</a></h2>
54 The
<b>cups-driverd
</b> program looks for PPD and driver information files in the following directories:
57 <i>/Library/Printers
</i>
59 <i>/System/Library/Printers
</i>
60 <i>/usr/local/share/ppd
</i>
61 <i>/usr/share/cups/drv
</i>
62 <i>/usr/share/cups/model
</i>
65 <p>PPD files can be compressed using the
67 program or placed in compressed
69 archives to further reduce their size.
70 <p>Driver information files must conform to the format defined in
71 <a href=
"man-ppdcfile.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdcfile
</b>(
5).
</a>
72 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"SEE_ALSO">See Also
</a></h2>
73 <a href=
"man-backend.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>backend
</b>(
7),
</a>
74 <a href=
"man-cups.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups
</b>(
1),
</a>
75 <a href=
"man-cupsd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd
</b>(
8),
</a>
76 <a href=
"man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd.conf
</b>(
5),
</a>
77 <a href=
"man-filter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>filter
</b>(
7),
</a>
78 <a href=
"man-ppdcfile.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdcfile
</b>(
5),
</a>
79 CUPS Online Help (
<a href=
"http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:
631/help
</a>)
80 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"COPYRIGHT">Copyright
</a></h2>
81 Copyright
© 2007-
2014 by Apple Inc.