shp-kill Command

For Windows: Not supported

The shp-kill command terminates a D3 printer shared with UNIX and all the associated processes. Users who do not own the process and are not root, will not be able to kill the printer.

NOTE	It is recommended to use the sp-kill command instead, which checks whether the specified printer is shared and calls shp-kill if it is.

Syntax

shp-kill number

Parameter(s)

number

D3 printer number, as specified in the startshp command.

This command executes the command sp-kill dprinter.number.

It relies on the existence of the log files created in /tmp/lppick by the startshp command. The shp-kill command can:

Issue an sp-kill of the D3 printer process.
Send SIGTERM to the underlying D3 process, waiting up to 5 seconds before sending a SIGKILL.
Ensure the associated lppick filter process is terminated. If this is not the case, a SIGTERM followed by a SIGKILL is sent to this process.
Verify the user-ID issuing the command as either the one that owns the process or root.

NOTE	The shp-kill command can be used only with shared printers started by the startshp command.

Example(s)

shp-kill 0