Is there a print log and where do you find it?

[meandteak]

Is there a print log of all items that are printed? I am trying to find the file name of a object that is being printed out of an application. Where would you find this information?

 

[aixmurderer]

The best AIX seems to offer is the ability to log accounting details of the print jobs to a file, this is turned off by default. Not sure if this will offer what you require.

> # smit printer
> Change / Show Print Queue Characteristics
> Choose you print Q (F4 to list)
> select "3 Accounting File"

See "ACCOUNTING FILE name" entry here. Press F1 for further info. IBM Certified Confused - MQSeries
IBM Certified Flabbergasted - AIX 5 pSeries System Administration

 

[jwtesch]

Accounting only works for ASCII text files as far as a count of pages.

It's fairly easy to create custom backends to do the logging, especially if you are using jetdiret or remote printing with local formatting.