How do I get lpstat to show me the actualfilenames being printed?

[John Dunn]

AIX does show the file name (/etc/hosts) in this example

(DEMO:john)--> lpstat
Queue   Dev   Status    Job Files              User         PP %   Blks  Cp Rnk
------- ----- --------- --- ------------------ ---------- ---- -- ----- --- ---

text20  @44P  QUEUED   455 /etc/hosts          john                  3   1   1


I was hopeing to parse the output from lpstat in a script to get a list of files being printed,, same as I do on AIX. Obviously this does not work on Linux.

Can't help feeling that lpstat is not much use without showing the files being printed!










> On Sep 28, 2010, at 4:10 AM, John Dunn wrote:
> > Is there any way to get lpstat show me the real name of the files that =
> are being printed?  i.e for printer TestPrinter this is all I see. No =
> mention of the actual filename being printed.
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> Sorry, the standard System V output does not include the job title and =
> we are emulating that command.
>
> > ...
> > Other versions of lpstat (e.g on AIX) always show the actual filename
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>
> Strange, since AIX *is* a "real" UNIX and I don't actually remember =
> seeing filenames back when I worked on AIX.  The Solaris, IRIX, and =
> HP-UX lpstat commands do not show the filename.
>
> .....
>
> That said, you can request this functionality by filing a bug here:
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>     http://www.cups.org/str.php
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> Keep in mind that we don't actually know the original filename, just the =
> title of the job which defaults to the basename of the file being =
> printed or "(stdin)" if printing from the standard input.
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> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
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