reset JOB ID

[volker kautz]

Hi Steve,
thx for the info.
I checked my suse linux installation but I couldn't find a job.cache file.
The mentioned path /var/cache/cups is empty.
Removing all the files from /var/spool/cups allone wasn't enough to
reset job ID to 1.


> Volker,
>
> The maximum job ID is 2^31-1. If you reach this limit cupsd will just wrap around negative to -2^31.
>
> If you want to reset the job ID to 1, stop cupsd, empty /var/spool/cups, remove the job.cache file from /var/cache/cups or /var/spool/cups/cache (Mac OS X), and then start cupsd. Note that this will purge all job history and any active jobs will be lost...
>
> On Jun 21, 2011, at 12:21 AM, volker kautz wrote:
>
> > JOB ID is the printer-name or class-name and a jobid (prtabc-123456)
> > Currently our jobid is a 6-digit number. What is the maximum
> > of this number and how can I reset this number back to 1, or what happens
> > if the maximum is reached?
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