Shell Script to kill print request

[Simran_1]

Hi all, hope you guys can help me out here. I am looking to write a short shell script in hpux to kill all print requests which are older than 1 day.

find /var/spool/lp/request/$PRINTER -mtime +0

Need some advise. THanks in advance.

[RobertK_1]

for i in `/var/spool/lp/request/$printer -mtime +1`
do
rm -rf $i
done


Regards,
Robert

[Simran_1]

Thanks! Appreciated

[Simran_1]

Is there any way to use the 'cancel' command to kill the print request by getting the print request ID?

Sorry n00b here..:)

[skt_skt]

all the print requests come to the request directory. So you dont need to go behind the request id if the intention to cancel the one day old jobs?

[Simran_1]

Santosh,
Thanks. Lets just say that i do not have root capability...is there any way to do this.

I would like to know if there is a way to 'get' the print request id and parse it in the script...allowing a cancel.

like:

cancel $PRTID

Appreciate the inputs so far.

[Dennis Handly]

>I would like to know if there is a way to 'get' the print request id and parse it in the script, allowing a cancel.

PRINTER=XXX
for lp in $(find /var/spool/lp/request/$PRINTER -mtime +1 -name "cA*") ; do
# get base, strip off leading "cA", then strip off hostname
base=${lp##*/}
lp_id=${base#cA}
lp_id=${lp_id%$(hostname)}
echo cancel $PRINTER-$lp_id
done

Remove "echo" when happy.

[Rita C Workman]

Here's an old case statement we set up for helpdesk folks to handle some quick requests on HPUX....it's nothing fancy..

#!/usr/bin/sh
#
#
#
trap '' INT
function cont
{
print -n "Do You Wish to Continue Y/N : "
read answ
if [[ $answ = [Yy] ]]
then
return 0
else
return 1
fi
}
while true
do
clear
print -n "
* HELP DESK MENU *
$(uname -n)
HELLO: $(whoami)
===================================================
1. Run Restricted SAM to reset passwords.

2. Display printer status / print jobs.

3. Cancel a print job.

4. Cancel ALL print jobs for a printer.

5. EXIT this program and RETURN TO COMMAND LINE.
===================================================

Select an Option # from above: "

read answer
case "$answer" in
5*|Qq|bye|Ee ) print "Quitting! See You Later, $(whoami)" ; exit ;;
1) if cont
then
. /usr/sbin/sam
fi;;
2) if (( $? == 0 ))
then
print -n "Enter Printer Name: "
read prtr
lpstat $prtr
print -n "OK to clear screen [Hit Any Key]"
read h
fi;;
3) if (( $? == 0 ))
then
print -n "Enter Printer Name-job#: "
read prtr
cancel $prtr
fi;;
4) if (( $? == 0 ))
then
print -n "..Enter printer name :"
read prtr_name
print -n "You enter printer ${prtr_name}"
print -n " Is this correct Y/N "
read answ
if [[ "$answ" = [Yy] ]]
then
lpstat $prtr_name | grep $prtr_name | sort -k1 | cut -d " " -f1 > $prtr_name.out
for rem_prt in `cat $prtr_name.out`
do
cancel $rem_prt
done
else
echo "No Such Printer"
fi



fi;;
esac
done


Number 3 and 4 may assist you..
Rgrds,
Rita

[skt_skt]

i hope you are not trying cancel other's job too whihc are more than a day old. A use can cancel only his job