[cups.general] PreserveJobFiles per queue?

daniel.jarboe at custserv.com daniel.jarboe at custserv.com
Fri Mar 11 11:20:10 PST 2005


> > Can PreserveJobFiles be enabled for a single queue?
>
> Not at present.  CUPS 1.2 will support conditional job preservation.
>
> > If not, would there be an easier way to have the same effect than
> > something like a backend making copies of the files in the right
cups
> > spool directories etc as if PreserveJobFiles were enabled, before
> > calling the lpd backend?  Is that even possible, so that CUPS is
capable
> > of and happy to restart the job if requested, despite
PreserveJobFiles
> > being disabled?
>
> No, that wouldn't work, however you could have a backend which
> supports reprints separate from CUPS...

Thank you for that Mike.  So I won't be able to avoid an additional
interface for my users for now, but at least I can get off the ground
here, and it's good to know that conditional job preservation is on the
way.

Thanks,
~ Daniel





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