backup/restore cups settings

[Anonymous]

> Anonymous wrote:
> > Second, if it's a good practice, which files need to be backed up?
> > I would assume /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf, and /usr/local/etc/cups/ppd/*
> >
> > Any others?
> >
>
> You should backup everything in the /etc/cups or in your case
> /usr/local/etc/cups/ including the PPD files of the print queues in
> /etc/cups/ppd/ (on your box /usr/local/etc/cups/ppsd/).
>
>    Till
>
Thanks for the reply.
What are these *.N and *.O files?

[charles at moe:~]$ ls -lF /usr/local/etc/cups
total 112
drwx--x--x  2 root  daemon    512 Dec 11 15:12 certs/
-rw-r-----  1 root  daemon   2421 Dec  4 20:35 classes.conf
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    2421 Dec  4 20:35 classes.conf.N
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    2333 Dec  4 20:35 client.conf
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    2333 Dec  4 20:35 client.conf.N
-rw-r-----  1 root  daemon  22116 Dec  4 23:30 cupsd.conf
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   21946 Dec  4 20:35 cupsd.conf.N
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel     512 Dec  4 20:35 interfaces/
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    4587 Dec  4 20:35 mime.convs
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    4587 Dec  4 20:35 mime.convs.N
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    5925 Dec  4 20:35 mime.types
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    5925 Dec  4 20:35 mime.types.N
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  daemon    512 Dec  4 22:45 ppd/
-rw-r--r--  1 root  daemon  10496 Dec  4 21:49 ppds.dat
-rw-r-----  1 root  daemon    470 Dec  6 12:00 printers.conf
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    2742 Dec  4 20:35 printers.conf.N
-rw-r-----  1 root  daemon    470 Dec  4 22:45 printers.conf.O
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     947 Dec  4 21:14 pstoraster.convs