print spool directory filling up
Michael S. Hulet
hulet at ittc.ukans.edu
Thu Aug 10 16:15:36 GMT 2000
man lpr
You should notice that the Solaris lpr command does not have the -r
option. Use LPRng and your problems should be solved. Or write a script
to remove all the old files out of /usr/local/samba/print/ and run it out
of cron.
Michael Hulet
Network System Administrator
ITTC, University of Kansas
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Melissa M. Thrush wrote:
> Michael,
>
> > lpr -r -Pmaxl5 /etc/resolv.conf
> >
> > tells lpr to print resolv.conf, then delete it !!
> >
> > You should check it out with the spool file Samba did generate.
> >
> > The printing should go like this:
> >
> > win send file to samba
> > samba stores it in the "path" of the [printers] share
> > samba calls lpr -r, which should remove that file generated above
> >
> > So, try the lpr command on the /usr/local/samba/print/... spool
> > files, and see if they get deleted after printing.
>
> Thanks for your help. Unfortunately it appears that the lpr -r command
> isn't working on our Solaris 2.6 Samba server. I can put a file in
> /usr/local/samba/print or /tmp and if I use lpr -r filename the file is
> printed correctly but never removed. I have to manually remove it with
> the rm command.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Melissa
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