script to check lpstat -o

[Scunningham99]

does anyone have an existing script that can be put in the cron whcih checks the print queue ie lpstat -o and checks if it exceeds X amount of jobs

Sy UK

 

[PHV]

What have you tried so far and where in your script are you stuck ?
Tip: man wc

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[Scunningham99]

N=`lpstat -o |wc -l |awk '{ print $1 }'`
echo $N

if [ $N -gt 20 ]; then

echo "More than 20 Jobs in the Print Queue!!"

fi;



Sy UK

 

[SamBones]

Try this...

#!/bin/ksh

if (( $(lpstat -o |wc -l) > 20 ))
then
    print "More than 20 Jobs in the Print Queue!!"
fi