NAME

pprd - PostScript PRinter spooling Daemon


SYNOPSIS

pprd [--help] [--version] [--foreground] [--stop]


DESCRIPTION

This command starts the PPR daemon. It is a setuid program owned by ``ppr''. The first thing this program does is check to see that the real user who invoked it is ``root'' or ``ppr''. If it is not, then pprd exits immediately.

If the --help or --version switch is used it will print brief usage information or PPR version information respectively.

The --foreground switch tells pprd not to puts itself in the background. Use this switch if you are running pprd directly from init. Note that using this option does not cause debug and error messages to be sent to stdout. They continue to go to /var/spool/ppr/logs/pprd.

The --stop option shuts down a previously-started instance of pprd.


SEE ALSO

the ppr.1 manpage, the ppop.1 manpage, the ppad.8 manpage, ``PPR, a PostScript Print Spooler'', and ``Installing and Using PPR''.


HISTORY

PPR was written at Trinity College during 1993--2002. It was first released to the public on 26 April 1995.


AUTHOR

David Chappell, Trinity College Computing Center, Hartford, Connecticut.