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Re: OT - Deleting job in printer queue via command line
- From: "Bushy" <george dot bush at rogers dot com>
- To: "cygwin at cygwin dot com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 12:56:09 -0400
- Subject: Re: OT - Deleting job in printer queue via command line
- Reply-to: "Bushy" <george dot bush at rogers dot com>
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 12:50:58 -0400 (EDT), Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> Are you doing this from bash?
Yes.
Then I suspect it's a quoting issue. Try
> net print '\\computername\sharename' 162 /delete
> Also, make sure "computername" and "sharename" are referring to the
> correct printer.
It now deletes the job fine but I get the following error?
bash: computername: command not found
The command completed successfully.
Any way to get rid of the "bash" error?
> Igor
>
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Bushy wrote:
>
> > Hmm...w2k
> >
> > I did a
> >
> > net print \\computername\sharename 162 /DELETE
> >
> > "162" being the Job ID.
> >
> > Nothing happens. It just spits me out as if I did a net help print?
> >
> > On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 12:44:34 -0400 (EDT), Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >
> > > Hmm... You forgot to specify the OS?
> > > Igor
> > > P.S. So did I -- it works on Win2k, should also work on NT and XP.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Bushy wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hmmm...won't work?
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 12:13:00 -0400 (EDT), Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Bushy wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Does anyone know of a utility that will delete a job from the Windows
> > > > > > printer queue via command line or telnet prompt?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Currently I just set up a windows queue to the printer and use regular
> > > > > > Windows interface.
> > > > >
> > > > > "net print".
> > > > > Igor
> > > > > P.S. Nice e-mail... :-)
> > >
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