smbspool

SMBSPOOL(8)                                                        SMBSPOOL(8)



NAME
       smbspool - send print file to an SMB printer

SYNOPSIS
       smbspool [ job ]  [ user ]  [ title ]  [ copies ]  [ options ]  [ file-
       name ]

DESCRIPTION
       This tool is part of the  Samba suite.

       smbspool is a very small print spooling program that sends a print file
       to  an  SMB  printer. The command-line arguments are position-dependent
       for compatibility with the Common UNIX Printing System, but you can use
       smbspool with any printing system or from a program or script.

       DEVICE URI

       smbspool  specifies the destination using a Uniform Resource Identifier
       ("URI") with a method of "smb". This string can take a number of forms:

       o smb://server/printer

       o smb://workgroup/server/printer

       o smb://username:password@server/printer

       o smb://username:password@workgroup/server/printer

       smbspool  tries  to  get  the URI from argv[0]. If argv[0] contains the
       name of the program then it looks in the  DEVICE_URI environment  vari-
       able.


       Programs using the exec(2) functions can pass the URI in argv[0], while
       shell scripts must set the DEVICE_URI  environment  variable  prior  to
       running smbspool.


OPTIONS
       o The  job  argument  (argv[1])  contains  the  job  ID  number  and is
         presently not used by smbspool.

       o The user argument (argv[2]) contains the print  user's  name  and  is
         presently not used by smbspool.

       o The  title  argument  (argv[3])  contains the job title string and is
         passed as the remote file name when sending the print job.

       o The copies argument (argv[4]) contains the number  of  copies  to  be
         printed of the named file. If no filename is provided than this argu-
         ment is not used by smbspool.

       o The options argument (argv[5]) contains the print options in a single
         string and is presently not used by smbspool.

       o The  filename  argument  (argv[6])  contains  the name of the file to
         print. If this argument is not specified then the print file is  read
         from the standard input.

VERSION
       This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO
       smbd(8) and samba(7)

AUTHOR
       smbspool was written by Michael Sweet at Easy Software Products.

       The  original  Samba  software  and  related  utilities were created by
       Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team  as  an  Open
       Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

       The  original  Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.  The man page
       sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of  Open
       Source    software,    available   at   ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/
       <URL:ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/>) and updated for  the  Samba  2.0
       release  by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was
       done by Gerald Carter



                               19 November 2002                    SMBSPOOL(8)