SUMMARY: Bogus lpstat -t output

From: D. Ellen March (emarch@pinole1.com)
Date: Fri Mar 07 1997 - 10:20:41 CST


Thanks for the responses. The general concensus was to
delete /var/spool/lp/requests/printername/* and
/var/spool/lp/tmp/printername/*
and then stop and start lpsched.

Many thanks to:
   Rick von Richter
   Alan Chan
   Mr Rene Occelli
   Paolo Pompili
   Teresa Johnson
   Gregory M Polanski
   

Original question follows:
>>
>>I have output from lpstat -t on several machines on
>>my network that include the lines:
>>
>>Foo-176 foobar!bar 32 Mar 06 15:23 on Foo
>>Foo-179 foobar!bar 6960 Mar 06 15:23
>>Foo-180 foobar!bar 258 Mar 06 15:23
>>
>>The dates always show the current date/time, not when the
>>jobs were sent to the printer.
>>
>>I cannot cancel the jobs, when as root or the user bar I type
>>
>> cancel Foo-180
>>
>>I get output:
>>
>> request "Foo-180" cancelled
>>
>>but when I run lpstat -t again it is still there.
>>
>>When I go to the printserver of the printer in question,
>>and type lpstat -t, these jobs do not appear. Any typing
>>the cancel command (just to be sure) complains there is no
>>job of that name.
>>
>>
>>Also /etc/init.d/lp stop/start does not help either.
>>
>>How can I get rid of those bogus entries in lpstat -t?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Ellen
>>emarch@pinole1.com
>>



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