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diff --git a/sys-utils/lpcntl.8 b/sys-utils/lpcntl.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..87bcd039e --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-utils/lpcntl.8 @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +.\" Public Domain 1994 Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" " +.TH LPCNTL 8 "18 July 1994" "Linux 1.1" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +lpcntl \- interface to line printer ioctl +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BI "lpcntl " device " [ " irq " ]" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B lpcntl +is used to manipulate the line printer driver. +.PP +.I device +specifies a line printer device (e.g., +.IR /dev/lp1 ). +.PP +If +.I irq +is specified, then the line printer driver is set to use that IRQ. If the +.I irq +is zero, then the polling driver is selected. Only the super user may +change the IRQ. +.PP +If no +.I irq +is specified, then +.B lpcntl +will report the interrupt number currently in use, or will report that the +polling driver is currently being used. +.SH AUTHOR +Nigel Gamble (nigel@gate.net) |