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9<h1 class="title">cupsd(8)</h1>
10<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
11cupsd - cups scheduler
12<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
13<b>cupsd</b>
14[
15<b>-c</b>
16<i>config-file</i>
17] [ 
18<b>-f</b>
19] [
20<b>-F</b>
21] [
22<b>-h</b>
23] [
24<b>-l</b>
25] [
26<b>-t</b>
27]
28<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
29<b>cupsd</b>
30is the scheduler for CUPS. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol, version 2.1. If no options are specified on the command-line then the default configuration file
31<i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</i>
32will be used.
33<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
34<dl class="man">
35<dt><b>-c</b><i> config-file</i>
36<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses the named configuration file.
37<dt><b>-f</b>
38<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run
39<b>cupsd</b>
40in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon".
41<dt><b>-F</b>
42<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run
43<b>cupsd</b>
44in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running
45<b>cupsd</b>
46from
47<b>init</b>(8).
48<dt><b>-h</b>
49<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Shows the program usage.
50<dt><b>-l</b>
51<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">This option is passed to
52<b>cupsd</b>
53when it is run from
54<b>launchd</b>(8)
55or
56<b>systemd</b>(8).
57<dt><b>-t</b>
58<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Test the configuration file for syntax errors.
59</dl>
60<h2 class="title"><a name="FILES">Files</a></h2>
61<pre class="man">
62<i>/etc/cups/classes.conf</i>
63<i>/etc/cups/cups-files.conf</i>
64<i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</i>
65<i>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs</i>
66<i>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.types</i>
67<i>/etc/cups/printers.conf</i>
68<i>/etc/cups/subscriptions.conf</i>
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70<h2 class="title"><a name="CONFORMING_TO">Conforming To</a></h2>
71<b>cupsd</b>
72implements all of the required IPP/2.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administrative operations.
73<h2 class="title"><a name="EXAMPLES">Examples</a></h2>
74Run
75<b>cupsd</b>
76in the background with the default configuration file:
77<pre class="man">
78
79    cupsd
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81</pre>
82Test a configuration file called
83<i>test.conf</i>:
84<pre class="man">
85
86    cupsd -t -c test.conf
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89Run
90<b>cupsd</b>
91in the foreground with a test configuration file called
92<i>test.conf</i>:
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95    cupsd -f -c test.conf
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98<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
99<a href="man-backend.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>backend</b>(7),</a>
100<a href="man-classes.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>classes.conf</b>(5),</a>
101<a href="man-cups.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups</b>(1),</a>
102<a href="man-cups-lpd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-lpd</b>(8),</a>
103<a href="man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd.conf</b>(5),</a>
104<a href="man-cupsd-helper.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd-helper</b>(8),</a>
105<a href="man-cupsd-logs.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd-logs</b>(8),</a>
106<a href="man-filter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>filter</b>(7),</a>
107<b>launchd</b>(8),
108<a href="man-mime.convs.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.convs</b>(5),</a>
109<a href="man-mime.types.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.types</b>(5),</a>
110<a href="man-printers.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>printers.conf</b>(5),</a>
111<b>systemd</b>(8),
112CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
113<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
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