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monitor(1) monitor command monitor(1)

NAME

monitor - receive logging information from LPD

SYNOPSIS

monitor [ -u ] [ -t ] [ port ]

DESCRIPTION

The monitor program is a template for a printer status monitoring program. It will open the specified TCP and/or UDP port, and then wait for accounting or other information to be sent. It prints this information on it standard output.

OPTIONS

wait for connections on the UDP port.
wait for connections on the TCP port.
Use the specified port number.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

Successful completion.
An error occurred.

SEE ALSO

lpd.conf(5), lpc(8), lpd(8), checkpc(8), lpr(1), lpq(1), lprm(1), printcap(5), lpd.conf(5), pr(1), lprng_certs(1), lprng_index_certs(1).

AUTHOR

Patrick Powell <papowell@lprng.com>.

HISTORY

LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system with functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software. The LPRng developer mailing list is lprng-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; subscribe by visiting https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lprng-devel or sending mail to lprng-request@lists.sourceforge.net with the word subscribe in the body.
The software is available via http://lprng.sourceforge.net

2006-12-09 LPRng