rcancel(1M)rcancel(1M)NAMErcancel - remove requests from a remote printer spooling queue
SYNOPSIS
[id ...] [printer] user]
DESCRIPTION
The command removes a request, or requests, from the spool queue of a
remote printer. is invoked by the command (see lp(1)).
At least one id or the name of a printer must be specified.
This command is intended to be used only by the spool system in
response to the command (see lp(1)), and should not be invoked
directly.
Options
The command recognizes the following options:
id Specifying a request ID (as returned by (see lp(1)))
cancels the associated request, even if it is cur‐
rently printing. The maximum number of ids that can
be specified is 50.
printer Name of the printer (for a complete list, use (see
lpstat(1))). Specifying a printer cancels the
request which is currently printing on that printer,
if the request is owned by the user. If the or the
option is specified, this option only specifies the
printer on which to perform the corresponding cancel
operation.
Remove all requests owned by the user on the specified printer
(see
printer). The owner is determined by the user's
login name and host name on the machine where the
command was invoked.
Empty the spool queue of all requests for the specified
printer. This form of invoking is useful only to
users with appropriate privileges.
Remove any requests queued belonging to that user (or users)
for the specified printer. You can repeat the
option to specify more users. The maximum number of
users that can be specified is 50. This form of
invoking is useful only to users with appropriate
privileges.
WARNINGS
A remote print request can be canceled only from the system on which
the the original command was issued, and if the restrict cancel feature
(see lpadmin(1M)) is enabled for the specified printer, a request
belonging to this printer can be canceled only by the system adminis‐
trator or the user who requested it.
This command is intended to be used only by the spool system in
response to the command (see lp(1)), and should not be invoked
directly.
AUTHOR
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley, and HP.
FILESSEE ALSOenable(1), lp(1), lpstat(1), accept(1M), lpadmin(1M), lpsched(1M),
rlp(1M), rlpdaemon(1M), rlpstat(1M).
rcancel(1M)
