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3 | <!-- SECTION: Man Pages --> | |
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5 | <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../cups-printable.css"> | |
6 | <title>cupsd-helper(8)</title> | |
7 | </head> | |
8 | <body> | |
9 | <h1 class="title">cupsd-helper(8)</h1> | |
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> | |
13 | <b>cups-deviced</b> | |
14 | <i>request-id</i> | |
15 | <i>limit</i> | |
16 | <i>user-id</i> | |
17 | <i>options</i> | |
18 | <br> | |
19 | <b>cups-driverd</b> | |
20 | <b>cat</b> | |
21 | <i>ppd-name</i> | |
22 | <br> | |
23 | <b>cups-driverd</b> | |
24 | <b>list</b> | |
25 | <i>request_id</i> | |
26 | <i>limit</i> | |
27 | <i>options</i> | |
28 | <br> | |
29 | <b>cups-exec</b> | |
30 | <i>sandbox-profile</i> | |
31 | [ | |
32 | <i>-g</i> | |
33 | <i>group-id</i> | |
34 | ] [ | |
35 | <i>-n</i> | |
36 | <i>nice-value</i> | |
37 | ] [ | |
38 | <i>-u</i> | |
39 | <i>user-id</i> | |
40 | ] | |
41 | <i>/path/to/program</i> | |
42 | <i>argv0</i> | |
43 | <i>...</i> | |
44 | <i>argvN</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. | |
8072030b | 52 | <p>The <b>cups-exec</b> helper program runs backends, filters, and other programs. On macOS these programs are run in a secure sandbox. |
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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: | |
55 | <pre class="man"> | |
56 | ||
57 | <i>/Library/Printers</i> | |
58 | <i>/opt/share/ppd</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> | |
63 | <i>/usr/share/ppd</i> | |
64 | </pre> | |
65 | <p>PPD files can be compressed using the | |
66 | <b>gzip</b>(1) | |
67 | program or placed in compressed | |
68 | <b>tar</b>(1) | |
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> | |
d58c2629 | 81 | Copyright © 2007-2016 by Apple Inc. |
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84 | </html> |