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CHKPRINTCAP(8)		     System Manager's Manual		  CHKPRINTCAP(8)

NAME
     chkprintcap -- check validity of entries in the print spooler database

SYNOPSIS
     chkprintcap [-d] [-f printcap]

DEPRECATION NOTICE
     This   facility   is   scheduled  for  removal  prior  to	the  release  of
     FreeBSD 16.0.

DESCRIPTION
     The chkprintcap utility scans a printcap(5) database (named by the printcap
     argument, or by default /etc/printcap), looking for entries which	are  in-
     valid  in	one  way  or another.  The following checks are currently imple-
     mented:

	   1.	`tc=' references were properly expanded

	   2.	`tc=' references did not form a loop

	   3.	No two printers share the same spool directory	(`sd='	capabil-
		ity).

     The  chkprintcap  utility exits with a status equal to the number of errors
     encountered before processing stopped.  (In some cases, processing can stop
     before the entire file is scanned.)

     If the -d flag is given, chkprintcap will attempt	to  create  any  missing
     spool  directories,  giving them `u=rwx,go=rx' (0755) mode, group `daemon',
     and the owner specified by the `du=' capability in the database (default 1,
     which corresponds to user `daemon').

SEE ALSO
     lpr(1), printcap(5), lpd(8)

AUTHORS
     The  chkprintcap  utility	was  written  by  Garrett  A.	Wollman   <woll-
     man@lcs.mit.edu>.

BUGS
     Not  enough  sanity-checking is done.  At a minimum, the ownership and mode
     of the spool directories should also be checked.	Other  parameters  whose
     value could cause lpd(8) to fail should be diagnosed.

FreeBSD 15.1			November 30, 1997		  CHKPRINTCAP(8)

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