Pending Jobs

[Manuales]

Hi ..
question ... if i have many many old pending jobs in the queue, does this use space in the disk? where is located that size of the pending jobs?

thanks in advance.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Manuales:

I know *you* know what you mean by "pending jobs in the queue", but we don't. Be specific!

...JRF...

[Vijaykumar_1]

Are the processes in zombie/sleeping state?

The STAT column specifies this..

Can be determined based on that.

[Manuales]

if i run lpstat printer_name, i see there the pending job,but i do not know where is stayed the information kept to be printed into the /var fs (i guess is into this fs)

please let me know.
thanks.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again) Manuales:

Look at:

/var/spool/lp/request/

Regards!

...JRF...

[Mike Miller_8]

The short answer is YES. Keep an eye on the /var directory. If it's getting full you may need to cancel the print jobs or clear the print queue manually.

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,

If this jobs is not required then you can cancel this.

Suraj