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6 notifier - cups notification interface
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9 notifier recipient [ user-data ]
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12 The CUPS notifier interface provides a standard method for adding sup‐
13 port for new event notification methods to CUPS. Each notifier delivers
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17 Notifiers must read IPP messages from the standard input using the ipp‐
18 New and ippReadFile functions and exit on error. Notifiers are encour‐
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24 Messages sent to stderr are generally logged to the current ErrorLog.
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34 Sets the printer-state-message attribute and adds the specified
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39 Sets the printer-state-message attribute and adds the specified
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44 Sets the printer-state-message attribute and adds the specified
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49 Sets the printer-state-message attribute and adds the specified
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54 Sets the printer-state-message attribute and adds the specified
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65 Sets the printer-state-message attribute and adds the specified
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13112 May 2009 CUPS notifier(7)