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6	<title>cancel(1)</title>
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9<h1 class="title">cancel(1)</h1>
10<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
11cancel - cancel jobs
12<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
13<b>cancel</b>
14[
15<b>-h</b>
16<i>hostname[:port]</i>
17] [
18<b>-E</b>
19] [
20<b>-U</b>
21<i>username</i>
22] [
23<b>-a</b>
24] [
25<b>-u</b>
26<i>username</i>
27] [
28<b>-x</b>
29] [
30<i>id</i>
31] [
32<i>destination</i>
33] [
34<i>destination-id</i>
35]
36<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
37The <b>cancel</b> command cancels print jobs.
38If no <i>destination</i> or <i>id</i> is specified, the currently printing job on the default destination is canceled.
39<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
40The following options are recognized by <b>cancel</b>:
41<dl class="man">
42<dt><b>-a</b>
43<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Cancel all jobs on the named destination, or all jobs on all
44destinations if none is provided.
45<dt><b>-E</b>
46<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
47<dt><b>-h </b><i>hostname</i>[<i>:port</i>]
48<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies an alternate server.
49Note: This option must occur before all others.
50<dt><b>-U </b><i>username</i>
51<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the username to use when connecting to the server.
52<dt><b>-u </b><i>username</i>
53<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Cancels jobs owned by <i>username</i>.
54<dt><b>-x</b>
55<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Deletes job data files in addition to canceling.
56</dl>
57<h2 class="title"><a name="CONFORMING_TO">Conforming To</a></h2>
58Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#". Also, printer and class names are <i>not</i> case-sensitive.
59<h2 class="title"><a name="EXAMPLES">Examples</a></h2>
60Cancel the current print job:
61<pre class="man">
62    cancel
63
64</pre>
65Cancel job "myprinter-42":
66<pre class="man">
67    cancel myprinter-42
68
69</pre>
70Cancel all jobs:
71<pre class="man">
72    cancel -a
73</pre>
74<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2>
75Administrators wishing to prevent unauthorized cancellation of jobs via the <i>-u</i> option should require authentication for Cancel-Jobs operations in
76<a href="man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd.conf</b>(5).</a>
77<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
78<a href="man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd.conf</b>(5),</a>
79<a href="man-lp.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lp</b>(1),</a>
80<a href="man-lpmove.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lpmove</b>(8),</a>
81<a href="man-lpstat.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lpstat</b>(1),</a>
82CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
83<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
84Copyright &copy; 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.
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