[cups] Query queue Location/Description from command-line?

[Alex Korobkin]

You can set up an elevated script to copy printers.conf into
printers.conf.bak on schedule with 644 permissions, and then parse that
file instead.

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 4:15 PM Peter Schultz <pwschultz2 at alaska.edu> wrote:

> I'm trying to write a script to synchronize related print queues via the
> command-line and I need to determine the given queue's Location and
> Description attributes (set via lpadmin) via script.
>
> I'd rather not have to run this script as an elevated user, meaning I'd
> rather avoid parsing printers.conf.
>
> I've perused all of the manpages I can find and nothing seems to let me do
> this. Is there something I'm missing? Should I just curl localhost:631 for
> the printer in question?
>
> Sincerely,
> Peter Schultz
>
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> University of Alaska System
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-Alex