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| author | Michael R Sweet <michaelrsweet@gmail.com> | 2017-11-01 12:15:35 -0400 |
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| committer | Michael R Sweet <michaelrsweet@gmail.com> | 2017-11-01 12:15:35 -0400 |
| commit | d0df9cd33768b02cf5327c9d625568d21ced0297 (patch) | |
| tree | aac4996063ea10fd8b5476ea8d6d38196be54c5b /man | |
| parent | b00c84094b1750612e7172251ab95a69627e044b (diff) | |
| download | cups-d0df9cd33768b02cf5327c9d625568d21ced0297.tar.gz | |
Update lpadmin documentation and show a meaningful error message for interface scripts (Issue #5111)
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/lpadmin.man | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/lpadmin.man b/man/lpadmin.man index 17607287c..6d776555c 100644 --- a/man/lpadmin.man +++ b/man/lpadmin.man @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" .\" lpadmin man page for CUPS. .\" -.\" Copyright 2007-2016 by Apple Inc. +.\" Copyright 2007-2017 by Apple Inc. .\" Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products. .\" .\" These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ .\" which should have been included with this file. If this file is .\" file is missing or damaged, see the license at "http://www.cups.org/". .\" -.TH lpadmin 8 "CUPS" "29 March 2016" "Apple Inc." +.TH lpadmin 8 "CUPS" "1 November 2017" "Apple Inc." .SH NAME lpadmin \- configure cups printers and classes .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ The following options are recognized when configuring a printer queue: Adds the named \fIprinter\fR to \fIclass\fR. If \fIclass\fR does not exist it is created automatically. .TP 5 -\fB\-i \fIppd-file\fR -.TP 5 \fB\-P \fIppd-file\fR Specifies a PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file to use with the printer. .TP 5 @@ -189,6 +187,12 @@ programs on the destination. .TP 5 \fB\-L "\fIlocation\fB"\fR Provides a textual location of the destination. +.SH DEPRECATED OPTIONS +The following \fBlpadmin\fR options are deprecated: +.TP 5 +\fB\-i \fIfilename\fR +This option historically has been used to provide either a System V interface script or (as an implementation side-effect) a PPD file. +Since interface scripts are no longer supported, the \fI-P\fR option is preferred for providing a PPD file for a printer. .SH CONFORMING TO Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#". Also, printer and class names are \fInot\fR case-sensitive. @@ -196,6 +200,7 @@ Finally, the CUPS version of \fBlpadmin\fR may ask the user for an access passwo This differs from the System V version which requires the root user to execute this command. .SH NOTES The CUPS version of \fBlpadmin\fR does not support all of the System V or Solaris printing system configuration options. +Interface scripts are not supported for security reasons. .SH EXAMPLE Create an IPP Everywhere print queue: .nf |