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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 12:50:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Bushy <george DOT bush AT rogers DOT com>
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Subject: Re: OT - Deleting job in printer queue via command line
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Are you doing this from bash?  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.
	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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