Redirection in CUPS?

[Anonymous]

> Philipp Letschert wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > is there a function in CUPS that is similar to "lpc redirect"? We are
> > using CUPS and have a number of printers here with lots of jobs.
> > Sometimes a printer has a failure and all jobs in its queue should be
> > redirected to another printer.
>
> As Jerome pointed out, "lpmove" will move any currently queued jobs.
> However, it might be useful to support a "temporary redirect" of
> all jobs submitted to a printer - if you'd like to see this
> functionality, please file a request at:
>
>      http://www.cups.org/str.php

Thanks for your help!

I have not filed a feature request, because 'your hint to lpmove was OK for me. I have written a small script to have the functionality I was looking for. Perhaps it is useful for others as well.

Cheers, Phil

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#!/bin/bash
#
# 050728 Philipp Letschert <let at shd.de>
#
#

desc="Moves all pending jobs from one printer to another printer."
usage="$desc\nUsage: lpredirect.sh <old printer> <new printer>\n\n"

reject=/usr/sbin/reject
accept=/usr/sbin/accept
disable=/usr/bin/disable
enable=/usr/bin/enable
lpstat=/usr/bin/lpstat
lpmove=/usr/sbin/lpmove

if [ $# != 2 ]; then
    echo -ne $usage
    exit 1
fi

old=$1
new=$2

# Before redirecting jobs, stop the printer
$reject $old || echo "couldn't stop printer: $old"

# Test if new printer is ready for accepting jobs
$accept $new || echo "printer does not exist: $new"

# move jobs
for job in `lpstat $old | awk '{print $1}'`; do
    echo $job
    $lpmove $job $new || echo "error moving job: $job"
done

echo -ne "\nAll jobs from $old successfully moved to $new.\n\n"
echo "Printer $old is now rejecting jobs."
echo -ne "To activate the printer again, use the following command:\n\n"
echo -ne "$accept $old\n\n"

exit 0

#EOF