[cups.general] maxjobs setting in cupsd.conf

Michael R Sweet msweet at apple.com
Tue Nov 11 12:00:03 PST 2008


Steve Cohen wrote:
> ...
> Thanks for the response. I see the entry in cupsd.conf now. Wouldn't
> I want to set PreserveJobFiles and not History?

PreserveJobFiles refers to the document files in the jobs, while
PreserveJobHistory refers to the jobs.  If you don't preserve the
job history, the documents go when the jobs go.

So no, for getting rid of old jobs automatically the only directive
you need to set is "PreserveJobHistory No".

 > Also, is there a
> setting for just purging completed jobs and not the canceled or
> aborted ones?

No.

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer





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