bionic (5) rlprrc.5.gz

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NAME

       rlprrc - remote printing resource file

DESCRIPTION

       The  rlprrc  configuration  file  is  consulted  by  the  remote printing commands (rlpr(1), rlpq(1), and
       rlprm(1)) to resolve a printqueue or a hostname. It can be used to either lookup a  printqueue  (printer)
       for  a  given  host,  or a host for a given printqueue.  If both the printer and the printhost are known,
       this file is never consulted.

       Initially, the remote printing commands look for the file .rlprrc in the user's home directory.  If  that
       file cannot be found or does not provide the information necessary to resolve the query, then the system-
       wide /etc/rlprrc is consulted (if present).  If resolution is still unsuccessful, the command fails.

       There is one entry per line - each line has the format:

       hostname: printer1 printer2 ... printerN

       Which indicates that host hostname has printers printer1 printer2 ... printerN available.   In  the  case
       where  the  remote  printing command knows the host to print to but does not know which printer to use on
       that host, the first one (printer1 here) will be used.

       In the case where the remote printing command knows the printqueue (printer) to print  to  but  does  not
       know  what  host  has  that  queue,  the  last  host which has the specified printqueue is used.  If this
       behavior is not acceptable, you can force a certain host to always be used for a  certain  printqueue  by
       putting a ! after the printqueue name.

       For example, an .rlprrc file containing:

              foo.baz.org: litho laserjet4!
              foo.bar.org: laserjet4 lineprinter

       will  always resolve the printqueue laserjet4 to foo.baz.org no matter what other hosts have a printqueue
       named laserjet4.

       The rlprrc file is only consulted in situations where a printqueue or hostname needs to be resolved.   It
       is provided only for convenience and is not required.

SEE ALSO

       rlpr(1), rlpq(1), rlprm(1), rlprd(8)

AUTHOR

       meem <meem@gnu.org>