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Name

cupsd - cups scheduler

Synopsis

cupsd [ -c config-file ] [ -f ] [ -F ] [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -t ]

Description

cupsd is the scheduler for CUPS. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol, version 2.1. If no options are specified on the command-line then the default configuration file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf will be used.

Options

-c config-file
Uses the named configuration file.
-f
Run cupsd in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon".
-F
Run cupsd in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running cupsd from init(8) .
-h
Shows the program usage.
-l
This option is passed to cupsd when it is run from launchd(8) or systemd(8) .
-t
Test the configuration file for syntax errors.

Files


/etc/cups/classes.conf/etc/cups/cups-files.conf/etc/cups/cupsd.conf/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.types/etc/cups/printers.conf/etc/cups/subscriptions.conf

Conforming to

cupsd implements all of the required IPP/2.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administrative operations.

Examples

Run cupsd in the background with the default configuration file: 
    cupsd
Test a configuration file called test.conf: 
    cupsd -t -c test.conf
Run cupsd in the foreground with a test configuration file called test.conf: 
    cupsd -f -c test.conf

See Also

backend(7) , classes.conf(5) , cups(1) , cups-lpd(8) , cupsd.conf(5) , cupsd-helper(8) , cupsd-logs(8) , filter(7) , launchd(8) , mime.convs(5) , mime.types(5) , printers.conf(5) , systemd(8) , CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

Copyright

Copyright [co] 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.

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