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AIX Version 4.3 Commands Reference, Volume 4
piolsvp Command
Purpose
Lists virtual printers on a system.
piolsvp { -q | -v | -Q | -p | -A } [ -nAttachmentField ]
piolsvp -P Queue [ : QueueDevice ] -nAttachmentField
piolsvp -P Queue -d
piolsvp -N AttachmentType -nAttachmentField
Description
The piolsvp command lists the virtual printers and attachment types on the system. The piolsvp command displays either the queues or the queues plus the queue-device pairs for virtual printers.
The order of the list of queues and queue-device pairs is the same as the order used by the /etc/qconfig file.
Flags
-A |
Displays all attachment types and descriptions for the attachment types. The .attach and .config files in the /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc directory define all attachment types. |
-d |
Displays the queue devices associated with a given queue. |
-nAttachmentField |
Specifies a field name for an attachment. The field name is typically a SMIT selector name. Possible values for the AttachmentField variable are:
submit_job
add_queue
add_printer
remove_queue
printer_conn
change_queue
change_filters
When the -n and -A flags are specified, only the attachment types that have a value for the specified attachment field in their attachment files are displayed. Attachment definitions are kept in the files with the AttachmentType.attach naming convention. The .attach files reside in the /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc directory. For example, the entry for an Xstation attachment type might be xsta.attach.
When the -n flag is specified with either the -q or -v flags, only queues and queue-device pairs that belong to defined attachment types are displayed. A defined attachment type has an assigned field value in the definition files.
When the -n flag is specified with the -P flag, the SMIT selector name is displayed. The -n and -P flag combination also displays the queue device name and attachment type.
When the -n flag is specified with the -N flag, the SMIT selector name is displayed for the specified attachment field and attachment type. |
-N |
Specifies an attachment type. The SMIT selector name associated with a given attachment field is displayed. |
-p |
Displays all the queue and queue-device pairs on the system and provides a description of each queue and queue-device pair. Only the queue name for the first queue-queue is displayed if there are queues with multiple queue devices. |
-P |
Specifies the queue name or queue device name for which information is displayed. The information consists of queue device name, attachment type, and SMIT selector value name. |
-q |
Displays all queues on the system. The -q flag also displays the queue-device pairs for queues that have more than one device. |
-Q |
Displays all the queues on the system. The -Q flag does not list queue-device pairs. Use the -q flag to list queue-device pairs. |
-v |
Displays all queue-device pairs for the queues that have virtual printers. |
Examples
- To display all the print queues on the system, enter:
piolsvp -q
The output of this command is:
e4019a 4019 (IBM ASCII)
d3816 IBM 3816 Page Printer
ena_asc 4029 (IBM ASCII)
ena_gl 4029 (Plotter Emulation)
ena_pcl 4029 (HP LaserJet II Emulation)
ena_ps 4029 (PostScript)
hplj2 Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II
tstx 4216-31 (Proprinter XL Emulation)
e4019ps 4019 (PostScript)
4019lxxa 4029 (PostScript)
4019lxxa:lxx 4029 (PostScript)
40191xxa:rkmlxx 4019 (IBM ASCII)
4019lxxa:rkmlxxl 4019 (IBM ASCII)
- To display all the virtual printers in the system, enter:
piolsvp -v
The output of this command is:
#QUEUE DEVICE DESCRIPTION
e4019a e4019 4019 (IBM ASCII)
d3816 ena3816 IBM 3816 Page Printer
ena_asc ena 4029 (IBM ASCII)
ena_gl ena 4029 (Plotter Emulation)
ena_pcl ena 4029 (HP LaserJet II Emulation)
ena_ps ena 4029 (PostScript)
hplj2 lxx Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II
tstx lxx 4216-31 (Proprinter XL Emulation)
e4019ps e4019 4019 (PostScript)
4019lxxa lxx 4029 (PostScript)
4019lxxa rkmlxx 4019 (IBM ASCII)
40191xxa rkmlxx 4019 (IBM ASCII)
- To list all the queues on the system, enter:
piolsvp -Q
The output of this command is:
e4019a 4019 (IBM ASCII)
d3816 IBM 3816 Page Printer
ena_asc 4029 (IBM ASCII)
ena_gl 4029 (Plotter Emulation)
ena_pcl 4029 (HP LaserJet II Emulation)
ena_ps 4019 (PostScript)
hplj2 Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II
tstx 4216-31 (Proprinter XL Emulation)
e4019ps 4019 (PostScript)
4019lxxa 4029 (PostScript)
- To list all the attachment types that have a SMIT selector value specified for the add_queue
SMIT selector, enter:
piolsvp -A -nadd_queue
The output from this command is:
#ATTACHMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION
local Local Attached
remote Remote Attached
xsta Xstation Attached
ascii ASCII Terminal Attached
other Generic Backend Attached
- To list information for the 4019lxxa
queue, enter:
piolsvp -P4019lxxa -n add_queue
The output from this command is:
lxx xsta sm_xsta_addq_sel
- To list the SMIT selector value for the remote attachment, enter:
piolsvp -Axst -nadd_queue
The output from this command is:
sm_xsta_addq_sel
Files
/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piolsvp |
Contains the piolsvp command. |
/etc/qconfig |
Contains the configuration files. |
/var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/custom/* |
Contains the customized virtual printer attribute files. |
/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/*.attach |
Contains the attachment type files |
Related Information
The piobe command, qprt command.
Printer Attachment Files
in the AIX Version 4.3 Guide to Printers and Printing.
Printer Overview for System Management
in the AIX Version 4.3 Guide to Printers and Printing.
Spooler Overview for System Management
in the AIX Version 4.3 Guide to Printers and Printing.
Printer Backend Overview for Programming
in the AIX Version 4.3 Guide to Printers and Printing.
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