cancel(1) User Commands cancel(1)NAMEcancel - cancel print request
SYNOPSIScancel [request-ID...] [destination]...
cancel-u user... [destination]...
DESCRIPTION
The cancel utility cancels print requests. There are two forms of the
cancel command.
The first form of cancel has two optional arguments: print requests
(request-ID) and destinations (destination). Specifying request-ID with
destination cancels request-ID on destination. Specifying only the des‐
tination cancels the current print request on destination. If destina‐
tion is not specified, cancel cancels the requested print request on
all destinations.
The second form of cancel cancels a user's print requests on specific
destinations.
Users can only cancel print requests associated with their username. By
default, users can only cancel print requests on the host from which
the print request was submitted. If a super-user has set user-equiva‐
lence=true in /etc/printers.conf on the print server, users can cancel
print requests associated with their username on any host. Super-users
can cancel print requests on the host from which the print request was
submitted. Superusers can also cancel print requests from the print
server.
The print client commands locate destination information using the
printers database in the name service switch. See nsswitch.conf(4),
printers(4), and printers.conf(4) for details.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-u user The name of the user for which print requests are to be can‐
celled. Specify user as a username.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
destination The destination on which the print requests are to be
canceled. destination is the name of a printer or class
of printers (see lpadmin(1M)). If destination is not
specified, cancel cancels the requested print request on
all destinations. Specify destination using atomic, URI-
style (scheme://endpoint), or POSIX-style (server:des‐
tination), names. See Notes for information regarding
using URI-style or POSIX-style destination names with
cancel. See printers.conf(4) for more information.
request-ID The print request to be canceled. Specify request-ID
using LP-style request IDs (destination-number).
user The name of the user for which the print requests are to
be cancelled. Specify user as a username.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
non-zero An error occurred.
FILES
/etc/printers.conf System printer configuration database
$HOME/.printers User-configurable printer database
ou=printers LDAP version of /etc/printers.conf
printers.conf.byname NIS version of /etc/printers.conf
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWlp-cmds │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Obsolete │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOlp(1), lpq(1B), lpr(1B), lprm(1B), lpstat(1), lpadmin(1M), nss‐
witch.conf(4), printers(4), printers.conf(4), attributes(5), stan‐
dards(5)NOTES
URI-style and POSIX-style destination names (server:destination) are
treated as print requests if destination has the same format as an LP-
style request-ID. See standards(5).
Some print servers send cancellation notification to job owners when
their print jobs have been cancelled. This notification usually comes
in the form of an email message. Cancellation notices cannot be dis‐
abled on a Solaris server.
When IPP is in use, the user is prompted for a passphrase if the remote
print service is configured to require authentication.
SunOS 5.11 10 Dec 2009 cancel(1)