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9 <h1 class="title">cupsd(8)</h1>
10 <h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
11 cupsd - cups scheduler
12 <h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
13 <b>cupsd</b>
14 [
15 <b>-c</b>
16 <i>cupsd.conf</i>
17 ] [
18 <b>-f</b>
19 ] [
20 <b>-F</b>
21 ] [
22 <b>-h</b>
23 ] [
24 <b>-l</b>
25 ] [
26 <b>-s</b>
27 <i>cups-files.conf</i>
28 ] [
29 <b>-t</b>
30 ]
31 <h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
32 <b>cupsd</b>
33 is 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
34 <i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</i>
35 will be used.
36 <h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
37 <dl class="man">
38 <dt><b>-c</b><i> cupsd.conf</i>
39 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file.
40 <dt><b>-f</b>
41 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run
42 <b>cupsd</b>
43 in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon".
44 <dt><b>-F</b>
45 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run
46 <b>cupsd</b>
47 in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running
48 <b>cupsd</b>
49 from
50 <b>init</b>(8).
51 <dt><b>-h</b>
52 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Shows the program usage.
53 <dt><b>-l</b>
54 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">This option is passed to
55 <b>cupsd</b>
56 when it is run from
57 <b>launchd</b>(8)
58 or
59 <b>systemd</b>(8).
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.
62 <dt><b>-t</b>
63 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
64 </dl>
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>
73 <i>/etc/cups/subscriptions.conf</i>
74 </pre>
75 <h2 class="title"><a name="CONFORMING_TO">Conforming To</a></h2>
76 <b>cupsd</b>
77 implements 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>
79 Run
80 <b>cupsd</b>
81 in the background with the default configuration file:
82 <pre class="man">
83
84 cupsd
85
86 </pre>
87 Test a configuration file called
88 <i>test.conf</i>:
89 <pre class="man">
90
91 cupsd -t -c test.conf
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94 Run
95 <b>cupsd</b>
96 in the foreground with a test configuration file called
97 <i>test.conf</i>:
98 <pre class="man">
99
100 cupsd -f -c test.conf
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103 <h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
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>
107 <a href="man-cups-files.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-files.conf</b>(5),</a>
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>
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>
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),
118 CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
119 <h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
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