Chapter 8. lprm - Job Removal Program

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8.1. lprm Queue Selection (lprm -Pprinter, lprm -a)
8.2. lprm Job Selection

The lprm program is used to remove jobs from a print queue. You can obtain the available options by using:

    h4: {307} % lprm -=
    lprm: Illegal option '='
     usage: lprm [-A] [-a | -Pprinter] [-Ddebuglevel] (jobid|user|'all')*
      -a           - all printers
      -A           - use authentication
      -Pprinter    - printer (default PRINTER environment variable)
      -Uuser       - impersonate this user (root or privileged user only)
      -Ddebuglevel - debug level
      -V           - show version information
      user           removes user jobs
      all            removes all jobs
      jobid          removes job number jobid
     Example:
        'lprm -Plp 30' removes job 30 on printer lp
        'lprm -a'      removes all your jobs on all printers
        'lprm -a all'  removes all jobs on all printers
      Note: lprm removes only jobs for which you have removal permission

8.1. lprm Queue Selection (lprm -Pprinter, lprm -a)

If no queue is specified, then the default queue is used, with -Pprinter@host causing a direct connection to the named host. The -a literal selects all queues.