1<!DOCTYPE HTML> 2<html> 3<!-- SECTION: Man Pages --> 4<head> 5 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/cups-printable.css"> 6 <title>cupsd(8)</title> 7</head> 8<body> 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> 69</pre> 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 80 81</pre> 82Test a configuration file called 83<i>test.conf</i>: 84<pre class="man"> 85 86 cupsd -t -c test.conf 87 88</pre> 89Run 90<b>cupsd</b> 91in the foreground with a test configuration file called 92<i>test.conf</i>: 93<pre class="man"> 94 95 cupsd -f -c test.conf 96 97</pre> 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> 114Copyright © 2007-2014 by Apple Inc. 115 116</body> 117</html> 118