Thanks, I guess I could have been more specific. Sorry. :)
No the "lpq command" won't work. I have a mixed client base that
will be
printing from PC's (Samba) and HPUX/Linux (LPD). I would like my UX clients
to be able to see the correct information when they run the "lpq
command"
from the command line (ie: lpstat or lpq). Now all filenames are
"smbprn.00001.a12345" and owned by "pcguest".
Since the "real" information was in the Samba databases, it would be
nice to
have a "read only" tool to get that information from the TDB files.
It
would make writing a "lpstat wrapper" and other tools much easier.
Failing that, I have already written a custom "print command", but is
a
horrible kludge right now. :)
Thanks,
Dan T.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter [mailto:jerry@samba.org]
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 8:01 AM
To: THIBADEAU,DAN (HP-Roseville,ex1)
Cc: 'samba@lists.samba.org'
Subject: Re: Command line DB reads
On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, THIBADEAU,DAN (HP-Roseville,ex1) wrote:
>
> Is there a way to get information on a print job from the command line?
For> example:
>
> > smb_print_query smbprn.00002.a12345
> jobid = pr1000-555
> filename = Notepad - sample.txt
> owner = dan_thibadeau
> machine = mylaptop
> size = 1234 bytes
Other than running the "lpq command" :-)
You could of course create a log file with most of
this information using a custom "print command"
This is probably not exactly what you were asking for.
Take it for what it's worth.
cheers, jerry
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