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 CANCEL 1 \*(VE "LPRng"
 NAME
cancel - send cancel requests to an LPRng print service

 SYNOPSIS
 cancel [
 -P " printer" ] [
 -D " debug-options" ]
[
 request-ID \|.\|.\|. ]

 DESCRIPTION
 "cancel command" "" "\fLcancel \(em cancel requests to an LP print service"  "LPRng print services" "cancel requests" "" "cancel requests \(em \fLcancel"  "printers" "cancel requests" "" "cancel requests \(em \fLcancel" 

The LPRng
\f3lprm
client supports an \f3cancel interface when invoked with an
\f3cancel
program name.
This is similar to the
 ex (1) and
 vi (1) programs.
The supported form of the \f3cancel command
arranges for the named \f2jobs to be removed
from the specified print queues.
The action is identical to that of
 lprm (1) , including the options,
with the difference that the last argument on the
command line can be an optional printer name.
If the name does not appear in the LPRng
printcap database,
then the name is assumed to be a job identifier.


The format of
 request-ID should be either the identifier field value or the job number
reported by LPQ.



 OPTIONS



\f3-P \f2printer\f1
printer name.
The destination printer
is taken from
the command line
\f3-P \f2printer\f1
value,
then
the environment variables
PRINTER,
LPDEST,
NPRINTER,
NGPRINTER,
then first entry in the printcap information,
and and finally the default_printer entry from the
configuration file,
and then the compile time default.


 -D " debug-options" Debug options for the program.

 OPERANDS
The following operands are supported by
 cancel : 
 15
 ID A request
 ID , as returned by
 lp . Specifying a request
 ID cancels the associated request even if it is currently printing.


 printer A printer name
(for a complete list of printer names, use
 lpq ). This method may not be supported on all systems,
and the
 -P " printer" form should be used instead.

 ENVIRONMENT

By default,
the destination printer
is taken from
the command line
 printer value,
then
the environment variables
PRINTER,
LPDEST,
NPRINTER,
NGPRINTER,
then first entry in the printcap information,
and and finally the default_printer entry from the
configuration file,
and then the compile time default.

 "EXIT STATUS"

The following exit values are returned:

 15
 "zero (0)" Successful completion.


 "non-zero (!=0)" An error occurred.

 SEE ALSO
lpd.conf(5),
lpc(8),
lpd(8),
checkpc(8),
lpr(1),
lpq(1),
lprm(1),
printcap(5),
lpd.perms(5),
pr(1), lprng_certs(1), lprng_index_certs(1).

 DIAGNOSTICS
Most of the diagnostics are self explanatory.
If you are puzzled over the exact cause of failure,
set the debugging level on (-D5) and run again.
The debugging information will 
help you to pinpoint the exact cause of failure.



 "HISTORY"
LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system
with functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software.
The LPRng mailing list is lprng@lprng.com;
subscribe by sending mail to lprng-request@lprng.com with
the word subscribe in the body.
The software is available from ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng.

 "AUTHOR"
Patrick Powell <papowell@lprng.com>.