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.Dd November 30, 1997 .Dt CHKPRINTCAP 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm chkprintcap .Nd check validity of entries in the print spooler database .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl d .Op Fl f Ar printcap .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility scans a .Xr printcap 5 database (named by the .Ar printcap argument, or by default
a /etc/printcap ) , looking for entries which are invalid in one way or another. The following checks are currently implemented: l -enum -offset indent t .Sq Li tc= references were properly expanded t .Sq Li tc= references did not form a loop t No two printers share the same spool directory .Sq ( Li sd= capability). .El
p The .Nm utility exits with a status equal to the number of errors encountered before processing stopped. (In some cases, processing can stop before the entire file is scanned.)
p If the .Fl d flag is given, .Nm will attempt to create any missing spool directories, giving them .Sq Li u=rwx,go=rx (0755) mode, group .Sq Li daemon , and the owner specified by the .Sq Li du= capability in the database (default 1, which corresponds to user .Sq Li daemon ) . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr lpr 1 , .Xr printcap 5 , .Xr lpd 8 .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm utility was written by .An Garrett A. Wollman Aq wollman@lcs.mit.edu . .Sh BUGS Not enough sanity-checking is done. At a minimum, the ownership and mode of the spool directories should also be checked. Other parameters whose value could cause .Xr lpd 8 to fail should be diagnosed.