NAME

lprm − remove jobs from the line printer spooling queue

SYNOPSIS

lprm [ −Pprinter ] [ − ] [ job # ...  ] [ user ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

lprm will remove a job, or jobs, from a printer’s spool queue.  Since the spooling directory is protected from users, using lprm is normally the only method by which a user may remove a job. 

lprm without any arguments will delete the currently active job if it is owned by the user who invoked lprm. 

If the − flag is specified, lprm will remove all jobs which a user owns.  If the super-user employs this flag, the spool queue will be emptied entirely. The owner is determined by the user’s login name and host name on the machine where the lpr command was invoked. 

Specifying a user’s name, or list of user names, will cause lprm to attempt to remove any jobs queued belonging to that user (or users).  This form of invoking lprm is useful only to the super-user. 

A user may dequeue an individual job by specifying its job number.  This number may be obtained from the lpq(1) program, e.g. 

% lpq
prx-283             johnl             100         Jul 26 19:15
% lprm -Pprx 283

lprm will announce the names of any files it removes. 

The −P option may be used to specify the queue associated with a specific printer (otherwise the default printer, or the value of either the PRINTER or LPDEST variable in the environment is used). 

FILES

/etc/printcapprinter characteristics file
/usr/spool/∗spooling directories

SEE ALSO

cancel(1), lpr(1), lp(1), lpq(1), lpstat(1), lpd(1M), lpsched(1M)

DIAGNOSTICS

BUGS

lprm allows the user to remove files which are not his own, even on a remote system.  Mail will be sent if this occurs. 

CX/UX User’s Reference Manual