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9<h1 class="title">cupsd(8)</h1>
10<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
11cupsd - cups scheduler
12<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
c277f98c 13<b>cupsd</b>
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14[
15<b>-c</b>
8ddb0f60 16<i>cupsd.conf</i>
96a9a53e 17] [
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18<b>-f</b>
19] [
20<b>-F</b>
21] [
22<b>-h</b>
23] [
24<b>-l</b>
25] [
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26<b>-s</b>
27<i>cups-files.conf</i>
28] [
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29<b>-t</b>
30]
94436c5a 31<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
c277f98c 32<b>cupsd</b>
8ddb0f60 33is the scheduler for CUPS. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol, version 2.1, and supports most of the requirements for IPP Everywhere. If no options are specified on the command-line then the default configuration file
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34<i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</i>
35will be used.
94436c5a 36<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
2909c66c 37<dl class="man">
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38<dt><b>-c</b><i> cupsd.conf</i>
39<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file.
651e0a22 40<dt><b>-f</b>
2909c66c 41<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run
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42<b>cupsd</b>
43in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon".
651e0a22 44<dt><b>-F</b>
2909c66c 45<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run
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46<b>cupsd</b>
47in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running
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48<b>cupsd</b>
49from
50<b>init</b>(8).
51<dt><b>-h</b>
2909c66c 52<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Shows the program usage.
651e0a22 53<dt><b>-l</b>
2909c66c 54<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">This option is passed to
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55<b>cupsd</b>
56when it is run from
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57<b>launchd</b>(8)
58or
59<b>systemd</b>(8).
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60<dt><b>-s</b><i> cups-files.conf</i>
61<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses the named cups-files.conf configuration file.
651e0a22 62<dt><b>-t</b>
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63<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
64</dl>
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65<h2 class="title"><a name="FILES">Files</a></h2>
66<pre class="man">
67<i>/etc/cups/classes.conf</i>
68<i>/etc/cups/cups-files.conf</i>
69<i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</i>
70<i>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs</i>
71<i>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.types</i>
72<i>/etc/cups/printers.conf</i>
25d0c3fe 73<i>/etc/cups/subscriptions.conf</i>
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75<h2 class="title"><a name="CONFORMING_TO">Conforming To</a></h2>
76<b>cupsd</b>
77implements all of the required IPP/2.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administrative operations.
78<h2 class="title"><a name="EXAMPLES">Examples</a></h2>
79Run
80<b>cupsd</b>
81in the background with the default configuration file:
82<pre class="man">
83
84 cupsd
85
86</pre>
87Test a configuration file called
88<i>test.conf</i>:
89<pre class="man">
90
91 cupsd -t -c test.conf
92
93</pre>
94Run
c277f98c 95<b>cupsd</b>
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96in the foreground with a test configuration file called
97<i>test.conf</i>:
98<pre class="man">
99
100 cupsd -f -c test.conf
101
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94436c5a 103<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
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104<a href="man-backend.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>backend</b>(7),</a>
105<a href="man-classes.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>classes.conf</b>(5),</a>
106<a href="man-cups.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups</b>(1),</a>
8ddb0f60 107<a href="man-cups-files.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-files.conf</b>(5),</a>
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108<a href="man-cups-lpd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-lpd</b>(8),</a>
109<a href="man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd.conf</b>(5),</a>
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110<a href="man-cupsd-helper.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd-helper</b>(8),</a>
111<a href="man-cupsd-logs.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd-logs</b>(8),</a>
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112<a href="man-filter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>filter</b>(7),</a>
113<b>launchd</b>(8),
114<a href="man-mime.convs.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.convs</b>(5),</a>
115<a href="man-mime.types.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.types</b>(5),</a>
116<a href="man-printers.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>printers.conf</b>(5),</a>
117<b>systemd</b>(8),
118CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
94436c5a 119<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
afad2da2 120Copyright &copy; 2007-2018 by Apple Inc.
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