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| .TH cupsd 8 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc." |
| .SH NAME |
| cupsd \- cups scheduler |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B cupsd |
| [ |
| .B \-c |
| .I cupsd.conf |
| ] [ |
| .B \-f |
| ] [ |
| .B \-F |
| ] [ |
| .B \-h |
| ] [ |
| .B \-l |
| ] [ |
| .B \-s |
| .I cups-files.conf |
| ] [ |
| .B \-t |
| ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B cupsd |
| is the scheduler for CUPS. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol, version 2.1, and supports most of the requirements for IPP Everywhere. If no options are specified on the command-line then the default configuration file |
| .I /etc/cups/cupsd.conf |
| will be used. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP 5 |
| .BI \-c \ cupsd.conf |
| Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B \-f |
| Run |
| .B cupsd |
| in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon". |
| .TP 5 |
| .B \-F |
| Run |
| .B cupsd |
| in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running |
| .B cupsd |
| from |
| .BR init (8). |
| .TP 5 |
| .B \-h |
| Shows the program usage. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B \-l |
| This option is passed to |
| .B cupsd |
| when it is run from |
| .BR launchd (8) |
| or |
| .BR systemd (8). |
| .TP 5 |
| .BI \-s \ cups-files.conf |
| Uses the named cups-files.conf configuration file. |
| .TP 5 |
| .B \-t |
| Test the configuration file for syntax errors. |
| .SH FILES |
| .nf |
| .I /etc/cups/classes.conf |
| .I /etc/cups/cups-files.conf |
| .I /etc/cups/cupsd.conf |
| .I /usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs |
| .I /usr/share/cups/mime/mime.types |
| .I /etc/cups/printers.conf |
| .I /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf |
| .fi |
| .SH CONFORMING TO |
| .B cupsd |
| implements all of the required IPP/2.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administrative operations. |
| .SH EXAMPLES |
| Run |
| .B cupsd |
| in the background with the default configuration file: |
| .nf |
| |
| cupsd |
| |
| .fi |
| Test a configuration file called |
| .IR test.conf : |
| .nf |
| |
| cupsd \-t \-c test.conf |
| |
| .fi |
| Run |
| .B cupsd |
| in the foreground with a test configuration file called |
| .IR test.conf : |
| .nf |
| |
| cupsd \-f \-c test.conf |
| |
| .fi |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR backend (7), |
| .BR classes.conf (5), |
| .BR cups (1), |
| .BR cups-files.conf (5), |
| .BR cups-lpd (8), |
| .BR cupsd.conf (5), |
| .BR cupsd-helper (8), |
| .BR cupsd-logs (8), |
| .BR filter (7), |
| .BR launchd (8), |
| .BR mime.convs (5), |
| .BR mime.types (5), |
| .BR printers.conf (5), |
| .BR systemd (8), |
| CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help) |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. |
