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LP(1)			    General Commands Manual			 LP(1)

NAME
       lp -- front-end to the print spooler

SYNOPSIS
       lp [-cs]	[-o option] [-d	printer] [-n num] [name	...]

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

DESCRIPTION
       The lp utility is a front-end to	the print spooler as required  by  the
       IEEE  Std  1003.2  ("POSIX.2")  specification.	It effectively invokes
       lpr(1) with the proper set of arguments.

       It generally prints the named files on the destination printer.

       The following options are available:

       -c      Make the	lp command exit	only after further access  to  any  of
	       the  input  files  is  no longer	required.  The application can
	       then safely delete or modify the	files  without	affecting  the
	       output operation.

       -d dest
	       Specify a particular printer.  If no -d is provided on the com-
	       mand  line, the contents	of the environment variables LPDEST or
	       PRINTER (with this precedence) are  taken  as  the  destination
	       printer.

       -m      Send mail upon completion.

       -n num  Specify	that  num  copies  of each of the named	files shall be
	       printed.

       -o option
	       Printer specific	options.  Not supported, provided  only	 as  a
	       compatibility option for	SVR.

       -s      Silent  operation.   Not	supported, provided only as a compati-
	       bility option for Version 2 of the  Single  UNIX	 Specification
	       ("SUSv2").

       -t title
	       Set the job title to title.

ENVIRONMENT
       As  described  above,  the variables LPDEST and PRINTER are examined to
       select the destination printer.

SEE ALSO
       lpr(1)

STANDARDS
       The lp  command	is  expected  to  comply  with	the  IEEE  Std	1003.2
       ("POSIX.2") specification.

AUTHORS
       This implementation of the lp command has been written by Jorg Wunsch.

BUGS
       The  IEEE  Std  1003.2  ("POSIX.2")  specification does not provide any
       means to	print non-text files.  It rather  requires  the	 files	to  be
       printed	to be text files limited to reasonable line lengths and	print-
       able characters.

FreeBSD	16.0 CURRENT	       January 22, 1995				 LP(1)

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