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diff --git a/share/man/man5/printcap.5 b/share/man/man5/printcap.5 index da3773fbf8f..712f58c9c92 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/printcap.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/printcap.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: printcap.5,v 1.9 1999/07/09 13:35:39 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: printcap.5,v 1.10 2000/03/01 18:01:22 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: printcap.5,v 1.7 1998/02/20 12:24:50 hubertf Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm printcap -.Nd printer capability data base +.Nd printer capability database .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm printcap .Sh DESCRIPTION @@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ The .Nm file is a simplified version of the .Xr termcap 5 -data base -used to describe line printers. The spooling system accesses the +database used to describe line printers. +The spooling system accesses the .Nm file every time it is used, allowing dynamic -addition and deletion of printers. Each entry in the data base -is used to describe one printer. This data base may not be -substituted for, as is possible for +addition and deletion of printers. +Each entry in the database is used to describe one printer. +This database may not be substituted for, as is possible for .Xr termcap , because it may allow accounting to be bypassed. .Pp @@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ The default printer is normally .Dq lp , though the environment variable .Ev PRINTER -may be used to override this. Each spooling utility supports an option, +may be used to override this. +Each spooling utility supports an option, .Fl P Ns Ar printer , to allow explicit naming of a destination printer. .Pp @@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ call) .Pf ( Tn DVI format) .It "fc num 0 if lp is a tty, clear flag bits" -.Pq Pa sgtty.h +.Pq Aq Pa sgtty.h .It "ff str" Ta So Li \ef Sc Ta No "string to send for a form feed" .It "fo bool false print a form feed when device is opened" .It "fs num 0 like `fc' but set bits" @@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ If the local line printer driver supports indentation, the daemon must understand how to invoke it. .Sh FILTERS If a printer is specified via -.Cm lp +.Sy lp (either local or remote), the .Xr lpd 8 @@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ daemon creates a pipeline of .Dq filters to process files for various printer types. The pipeline is not set up for remote printers specified via -.Cm rm +.Sy rm unless the local host is the same as the remote printer host given. The filters selected depend on the flags passed to @@ -161,10 +162,10 @@ v vf raster image .Ed .Pp The -.Cm if +.Sy if filter is invoked with arguments: .Bd -filled -offset indent -.Cm if +.Sy if .Op Fl c .Fl w Ns Ar width .Fl l Ns Ar length @@ -185,40 +186,40 @@ and .Ar length specify the page width and length (from -.Cm pw +.Sy pw and -.Cm pl +.Sy pl , respectively) in characters. The .Fl n and .Fl h parameters specify the login name and host name of the owner -of the job respectively. +of the job, respectively. The .Ar acct-file function is passed from the -.Cm af +.Sy af .Nm entry. .Pp If no -.Cm if +.Sy if is specified, -.Cm of +.Sy of is used instead, with the distinction that -.Cm of +.Sy of is opened only once, while -.Cm if +.Sy if is opened for every individual job. Thus, -.Cm if +.Sy if is better suited to performing accounting. The -.Cm of +.Sy of is only given the .Ar width and @@ -240,11 +241,10 @@ and .Ar length are represented in pixels, specified by the -.Cm px +.Sy px and -.Cm py -entries respectively. -.Pp +.Sy py +entries, respectively. All filters take .Em stdin as the file, @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ Messages printed on .Em stderr of one of the filters are sent to the corresponding -.Cm lf +.Sy lf file. The filters may, of course, use .Xr syslog |