1<!DOCTYPE HTML> 2<html> 3<!-- SECTION: Man Pages --> 4<head> 5 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../cups-printable.css"> 6 <title>cupsd(8)</title> 7</head> 8<body> 9<h1 class="title">cupsd(8)</h1> 10<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2> 11cupsd - cups scheduler 12<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2> 13<b>cupsd</b> 14[ 15<b>-c</b> 16<i>cupsd.conf</i> 17] [ 18<b>-f</b> 19] [ 20<b>-F</b> 21] [ 22<b>-h</b> 23] [ 24<b>-l</b> 25] [ 26<b>-s</b> 27<i>cups-files.conf</i> 28] [ 29<b>-t</b> 30] 31<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2> 32<b>cupsd</b> 33is the scheduler for CUPS. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol, version 2.1, and supports most of the requirements for IPP Everywhere. If no options are specified on the command-line then the default configuration file 34<i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</i> 35will be used. 36<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2> 37<dl class="man"> 38<dt><b>-c</b><i> cupsd.conf</i> 39<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file. 40<dt><b>-f</b> 41<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run 42<b>cupsd</b> 43in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon". 44<dt><b>-F</b> 45<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Run 46<b>cupsd</b> 47in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running 48<b>cupsd</b> 49from 50<b>init</b>(8). 51<dt><b>-h</b> 52<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Shows the program usage. 53<dt><b>-l</b> 54<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">This option is passed to 55<b>cupsd</b> 56when it is run from 57<b>launchd</b>(8) 58or 59<b>systemd</b>(8). 60<dt><b>-s</b><i> cups-files.conf</i> 61<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses the named cups-files.conf configuration file. 62<dt><b>-t</b> 63<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Test the configuration file for syntax errors. 64</dl> 65<h2 class="title"><a name="FILES">Files</a></h2> 66<pre class="man"> 67<i>/etc/cups/classes.conf</i> 68<i>/etc/cups/cups-files.conf</i> 69<i>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</i> 70<i>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs</i> 71<i>/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.types</i> 72<i>/etc/cups/printers.conf</i> 73<i>/etc/cups/subscriptions.conf</i> 74</pre> 75<h2 class="title"><a name="CONFORMING_TO">Conforming To</a></h2> 76<b>cupsd</b> 77implements all of the required IPP/2.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administrative operations. 78<h2 class="title"><a name="EXAMPLES">Examples</a></h2> 79Run 80<b>cupsd</b> 81in the background with the default configuration file: 82<pre class="man"> 83 cupsd 84 85</pre> 86Test a configuration file called 87<i>test.conf</i>: 88<pre class="man"> 89 cupsd -t -c test.conf 90 91</pre> 92Run 93<b>cupsd</b> 94in the foreground with a test configuration file called 95<i>test.conf</i>: 96<pre class="man"> 97 cupsd -f -c test.conf 98 99</pre> 100<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2> 101<a href="man-backend.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>backend</b>(7),</a> 102<a href="man-classes.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>classes.conf</b>(5),</a> 103<a href="man-cups.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups</b>(1),</a> 104<a href="man-cups-files.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-files.conf</b>(5),</a> 105<a href="man-cups-lpd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups-lpd</b>(8),</a> 106<a href="man-cupsd.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd.conf</b>(5),</a> 107<a href="man-cupsd-helper.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cupsd-helper</b>(8),</a> 108<b>cupsd-logs</b>(8), 109<a href="man-filter.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>filter</b>(7),</a> 110<b>launchd</b>(8), 111<a href="man-mime.convs.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.convs</b>(5),</a> 112<a href="man-mime.types.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>mime.types</b>(5),</a> 113<a href="man-printers.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>printers.conf</b>(5),</a> 114<b>systemd</b>(8), 115CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>) 116<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2> 117Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting. 118 119</body> 120</html> 121