rlpstat(1)

rlpstat -- print information about status of remote lp print service

Synopsis

rlpstat local_printer_name

Description

rlpstat prints information about the status of a lp(1) print service on a remote host connected via TCP/IP.

rlpstat allows the user to look at the queue of a remote printer. The command is invoked with the name of the printer as it is known locally (that is, by its host computer). For example,

rlpstat local_printer_name

rlpstat will find the machine on which the printer is physically connected and do an lpstat -o local_printer_name to show the queue on that machine for that printer.

rlpstat makes the following assumptions:

lp accounts exist on both local and host machines. To establish equivalence of the lp accounts, the .rhosts file in lp's home directory on the host machine must contain the name of the local machine and lp. The .rhosts file must be owned by root or lp, and must not be writable by other groups or users.
The documented format of /usr/spool/lp/remote is adhered to.
The first option of the lp command to be executed on the remote machine is the destination (-d local_printer_name).

Files

/usr/spool/lp/remote
/usr/spool/lp/.rhosts

Exit codes

rlpstat returns the following values:

0: successful completion
>0: an error occurred

References

lpstat(1), rlpcmd(1), rlpconf(1M), rsh(1)

Standards compliance

rlpstat is not part of any currently supported standard.