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3manpage(smbspool htmlcommand((1)))(1)(11 October 1999)(Samba)(SAMBA)
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5label(NAME)
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7label(NAME)
8manpagename(smbspool)(mount an SMB filesystem)
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10label(SYNOPSIS)
11manpagesynopsis()
12bf(smbspool) job user title copies options [filename]
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14label(DESCRIPTION)
15manpagedescription()
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17This program is part of the Samba suite.
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19smbspool is a very small print spooling program that sends a print
20file to a SMB printer. The command-line arguments are position-dependent for
21compatibility with the Common UNIX Printing System, but you can use
22smbspool with any printing system or from a program or script.
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24manpagesection(DEVICE URI)
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26smbspool specifies the destination using a Uniform Resource Identifier
27("URI") with a method of "smb". This string can take a number of
28forms:
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30startit()
31it() smb://server/printer
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33it() smb://workgroup/server/printer
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35it() smb://username:password@server/printer
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37it() smb://username:password@workgroup/server/printer
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39endit()
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41smbspool tries to get the URI from argv[0]. If argv[0] contains the
42name of the program then it looks in the DEVICE_URI environment variable.
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44Programs using the exec(2) functions can pass the URI in argv[0],
45while shell scripts must set the DEVICE_URI environment variable prior to
46running smbspool.
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48manpagesection(OPTIONS)
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50The job argument (argv[1]) contains the job ID number and is presently
51not used by smbspool.
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53The user argument (argv[2]) contains the print user's name and is
54presently not used by smbspool.
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56The title argument (argv[3]) contains the job title string and is
57passed as the remote file name when sending the print job.
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59The copies argument (argv[4]) contains the number of copies to be
60printed of the named file. If no filename is provided than this argument is
61not used by smbspool.
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63The options argument (argv[5]) contains the print options in a single
64string and is presently not used by smbspool.
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66The filename argument (argv[6]) contains the name of the file to print.
67If this argument is not specified then the print file is read from the
68standard input.
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70label(VERSION)
71manpagesection(VERSION)
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73This man page is correct for version 2\&.0 of the Samba suite\&.
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75label(SEEALSO)
76manpagesection(SEE ALSO)
77url(bf(smbd (8)))(smbd.8.html)
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79label(AUTHOR)
80manpageauthor()
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82smbspool was written by Michael Sweet at Easy Software Products.
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84The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
85Andrew Tridgell samba@samba.org. Samba is now developed
86by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
87Linux kernel is developed.
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89See samba (7) to find out how to get a full
90list of contributors and details on how to submit bug reports,
91comments etc.
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