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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Bushy" <george DOT bush AT rogers DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <00c285522121543NTPAGER AT ntpager DOT ca DOT cch DOT com>
Subject: Re: KILL
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:18:55 +0100
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Bushy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using Windows 2000 and cygwin. Currently I set up a windows queue
to
> the printer and use regular Windows interface to delete jobs on the queue.
> I would like to do this via a telnet session using the "kill". I've tried
> this bit I just can't get it to work. Below is an example of a job on the
> queue via a telnet session.
>
>                          Windows NT LPD Server
>                               Printer \\127.0.0.1\printer1
>
> Owner                       Status          Jobname             Job-Id
> Size   Pages  Priority
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------
> georgel (127.0.0.1)   Printing    JOB657_job.tmp          87         0
> 0           1
>
>
> kill: usage: kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] [pid | job]... or
kill
> -l [sigspec]
>
> I've tried the following:
>
>> kill 87
>
> and I keep getting "no such pid"?
>
> What am I doing wrong?

kill has nothing to do with printers. The jobs it refers to are bash shell
jobs. You will need to find some other tool to control printers.

Max.


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