Linux bash printing

bhar0761 · 08-21-2005, 10:09 PM

I use lp and lpstat to print and to check the status of print jobs.
Is there a way to find out what documents where sent to the printer?
After I print something using
var1=$(ls *.ps)
lp $var1
It returns:
request id is printer1-103 (1 file(s))

Maybe there is a way to find whatever printed by the request id.

I've searched for weeks and can't find anyting using any of linux built in commands.
any help or suggestions would be great

Is lpq the only option?

doc.nice · 08-23-2005, 06:47 AM

maybe you could print using a for loop,
i.e.

Code:

for printfile in $(ls -1 *.ps); do
  lp $printfile
  echo "$printfile is printed..."
done

is this what you want?

Flo

bhar0761 · 08-23-2005, 11:53 AM

True, but i really want to monitor the print queue;printing is not the problem. The problem would be finding what jobs had trouble printing and be able to do something about it.

Thanks
B