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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 index f27b36e..f9169dc 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 @@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ .Op Fl cdlpsW46 .Op Ar port# .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Lpd +The +.Nm +utility is the line printer daemon (spool area handler) and is normally invoked at boot time from the .Xr rc 8 @@ -256,13 +258,15 @@ If a file cannot be opened, a message will be logged via using the .Em LOG_LPR facility. -.Nm Lpd -will try up to 20 times +The +.Nm +utility will try up to 20 times to reopen a file it expects to be there, after which it will skip the file to be printed. .Pp -.Nm Lpd -uses +The +.Nm +utility uses .Xr flock 2 to provide exclusive access to the lock file and to prevent multiple daemons from becoming active simultaneously. If the daemon should be killed |
