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4 .\" cupsd man page for CUPS.
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15 .TH cupsd 8 "CUPS" "3 April 2014" "Apple Inc."
16 .SH NAME
17 cupsd \- cups scheduler
18 .SH SYNOPSIS
19 .B cupsd
20 [
21 .B \-c
22 .I config-file
23 ] [
24 .B \-f
25 ] [
26 .B \-F
27 ] [
28 .B \-h
29 ] [
30 .B -l
31 ] [
32 .B -t
33 ]
34 .SH DESCRIPTION
35 .B cupsd
36 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
37 .I /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
38 will be used.
39 .SH OPTIONS
40 .TP 5
41 .BI \-c \ config-file
42 Uses the named configuration file.
43 .TP 5
44 .B \-f
45 Run
46 .B cupsd
47 in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon".
48 .TP 5
49 .B \-F
50 Run
51 .B cupsd
52 in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running
53 .B cupsd
54 from
55 .BR init (8).
56 .TP 5
57 .B \-h
58 Shows the program usage.
59 .TP 5
60 .B \-l
61 This option is passed to
62 .B cupsd
63 when it is run from
64 .BR launchd (8)
65 or
66 .BR systemd (8).
67 .TP 5
68 .B \-t
69 Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
70 .SH FILES
71 .nf
72 .I /etc/cups/classes.conf
73 .I /etc/cups/cups-files.conf
74 .I /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
75 .I /usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs
76 .I /usr/share/cups/mime/mime.types
77 .I /etc/cups/printers.conf
78 .fi
79 .SH CONFORMING TO
80 .B cupsd
81 implements all of the required IPP/2.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administrative operations.
82 .SH EXAMPLES
83 Run
84 .B cupsd
85 in the background with the default configuration file:
86 .nf
87
88 cupsd
89
90 .fi
91 Test a configuration file called
92 .IR test.conf :
93 .nf
94
95 cupsd \-t \-c test.conf
96
97 .fi
98 Run
99 .B cupsd
100 in the foreground with a test configuration file called
101 .IR test.conf :
102 .nf
103
104 cupsd \-f \-c test.conf
105
106 .fi
107 .SH SEE ALSO
108 .BR backend (7),
109 .BR classes.conf (5),
110 .BR cups (1),
111 .BR cups-deviced (8),
112 .BR cups-driverd (8),
113 .BR cups-lpd (8),
114 .BR cupsd.conf (5),
115 .BR filter (7),
116 .BR launchd (8),
117 .BR mime.convs (5),
118 .BR mime.types (5),
119 .BR printers.conf (5),
120 .BR systemd (8),
121 CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
122 .SH COPYRIGHT
123 Copyright \[co] 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
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