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ef416fc2 1.\"
75bd9771 2.\" "$Id: cupsd.man.in 7600 2008-05-20 21:06:23Z mike $"
ef416fc2 3.\"
4.\" cupsd man page for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS).
5.\"
bc44d920 6.\" Copyright 2007 by Apple Inc.
bd7854cb 7.\" Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products.
ef416fc2 8.\"
9.\" These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the
bc44d920 10.\" property of Apple Inc. and are protected by Federal copyright
11.\" law. Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file "LICENSE.txt"
12.\" which should have been included with this file. If this file is
13.\" file is missing or damaged, see the license at "http://www.cups.org/".
ef416fc2 14.\"
2e4ff8af 15.TH cupsd 8 "Common UNIX Printing System" "27 August 2006" "Apple Inc."
ef416fc2 16.SH NAME
17cupsd \- common unix printing system daemon
18.SH SYNOPSIS
19.B cupsd
bd7854cb 20[ -c
ef416fc2 21.I config-file
2e4ff8af 22] [ -f ] [ -F ] [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -t ]
ef416fc2 23.SH DESCRIPTION
24\fIcupsd\fR is the scheduler for the Common UNIX Printing System. It
25implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol,
26version 1.1. If no options are specified on the command-line then the
bd7854cb 27default configuration file \fI@CUPS_SERVERROOT@/cupsd.conf\fR will be
ef416fc2 28used.
bd7854cb 29.SH OPTIONS
30.TP 5
31-c config-file
32.br
33Uses the named configuration file.
34.TP 5
35-f
36.br
37Run \fIcupsd\fR in the foreground; the default is to run in the
38background as a "daemon".
39.TP 5
40-F
41.br
42Run \fIcupsd\fR in the foreground but detach the process from the
43controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for
44running \fIcupsd\fR from \fIinit(8)\fR.
45.TP 5
46-h
47.br
48Shows the program usage.
49.TP 5
50-l
51.br
52This option is passed to \fIcupsd\fR when it is run from
53\fIlaunchd(8)\fR.
2e4ff8af
MS
54.TP 5
55-t
56.br
57Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
ef416fc2 58.SH COMPATIBILITY
59\fIcupsd\fR implements all of the required IPP/1.1 attributes and
60operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administration
61operations.
62.SH SEE ALSO
bd7854cb 63\fIbackend(7)\fR, \fIclasses.conf(5)\fR, \fIcups-deviced(8)\fR,
64\fIcups-driverd(8)\fR, \fIcups-lpd(8)\fR, \fIcups-polld(8)\fR,
65\fIcupsd.conf(5)\fR, \fIfilter(7)\fR, \fIlaunchd(8)\fR,
66\fImime.convs(5)\fR, \fImime.types(5)\fR, \fIprinters.conf(5)\fR,
67.br
68http://localhost:631/help
ef416fc2 69.SH COPYRIGHT
bc44d920 70Copyright 2007 by Apple Inc.
ef416fc2 71.\"
75bd9771 72.\" End of "$Id: cupsd.man.in 7600 2008-05-20 21:06:23Z mike $".
ef416fc2 73.\"