Re: print job gone bad--how to kill
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 04:43:58 -0500, Stephen Gran wrote:
>Thus spake Gary Turner:
>> I was going to make a hard copy of a howto, except that at about the
>> 50th page it stops all line feeds.(three times now at the same spot, so
>> I suspect the file rather than the printer) I've used lpc to stop and
>> abort. Of course all that happened then was that the job cranked up
>> again when I got my printer re-aligned and on-line. I know that I've
>> seen something on controlling this little beastie, but it's 2:40a and my
>> brain has stopped functioning. Can I just delete the file from the
>> print spool? Or will that crap up some other something I'm gonna want
>> someday?
>>
>> There's bound to be something more elegant. Please point me in the
>> right direction.
>lpq to get job number.
>lprm <job number> to dump it.
>HTH,
>Steve
Thanks, Steve, I knew there was something. The day is now brillig, and
I can ramp up the printer again.
gt
Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
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