lp question

[Peter S. Shenkin]

In article <1991Apr29.174411.9628 at odin.corp.sgi.com> suresh at babu.esd.sgi.com (Sureshbabu Katta) writes:

>when u are giving cancel command from shell,  if the cancel thinks your printer
>name associated with the job is bogus, then it can  give message like this:

>printer  <NAME> was not busy.

I think this is the message I am getting.

>Printer Tool uses the same 'cancel' command to delete the job.

Then why does Printer Tool work when the 'cancel' command does not?  And
how can I get the cancel command to work?  I am using a csh alias:

	alias can cancel PostScript

so it is not a matter of spelling the name wrong.  PostScript is the only
printer, and is the name that the Printer Tool displays for the printer.  So
why doesn't 'cancel' work, and how can I make it work?

	-P.



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