[Sussex] CUPS - stopping/starting an individual queue

[John Crowhurst]

On Tue, November 6, 2007 09:44, Brendan Whelan wrote:
> I need to create a command line that will disable/stop a specific
> printer and then enable/start the same device.
> I can restart the CUPS queue with "service cups restart" but the
> commands given to start/stop a queue in the "Cups Software
> Administration Manual" of  */usr/bin/enable /printer/ and*
> */usr/bin/disable /printer/ *give "command not found".  Any suggestions?
> Brendan

Type:

which disable

This will tell you whether disable is in /usr/bin or in some other
location in your path (it could be /usr/local/bin)

It sounds like the documentation is out of date or your distro has put the
files in a different place.

-- 
John Crowhurst
John's Computer Support