#! /usr/bin/env python # Watch line printer queue(s). # Intended for BSD 4.3 lpq. import posix import sys import time import string DEF_PRINTER = 'psc' DEF_DELAY = 10 def main(): delay = DEF_DELAY # XXX Use getopt() later try: thisuser = posix.environ['LOGNAME'] except: thisuser = posix.environ['USER'] printers = sys.argv[1:] if printers: # Strip '-P' from printer names just in case # the user specified it... for i in range(len(printers)): if printers[i][:2] == '-P': printers[i] = printers[i][2:] else: if posix.environ.has_key('PRINTER'): printers = [posix.environ['PRINTER']] else: printers = [DEF_PRINTER] # clearhome = posix.popen('clear', 'r').read() # while 1: text = clearhome for name in printers: text = text + makestatus(name, thisuser) + '\n' print text time.sleep(delay) def makestatus(name, thisuser): pipe = posix.popen('lpq -P' + name + ' 2>&1', 'r') lines = [] users = {} aheadbytes = 0 aheadjobs = 0 userseen = 0 totalbytes = 0 totaljobs = 0 while 1: line = pipe.readline() if not line: break fields = string.split(line) n = len(fields) if len(fields) >= 6 and fields[n-1] == 'bytes': rank = fields[0] user = fields[1] job = fields[2] files = fields[3:-2] bytes = eval(fields[n-2]) if user == thisuser: userseen = 1 elif not userseen: aheadbytes = aheadbytes + bytes aheadjobs = aheadjobs + 1 totalbytes = totalbytes + bytes totaljobs = totaljobs + 1 if users.has_key(user): ujobs, ubytes = users[user] else: ujobs, ubytes = 0, 0 ujobs = ujobs + 1 ubytes = ubytes + bytes users[user] = ujobs, ubytes else: if fields and fields[0] != 'Rank': line = string.strip(line) if line == 'no entries': line = name + ': idle' elif line[-22:] == ' is ready and printing': line = name lines.append(line) # if totaljobs: line = '%d K' % ((totalbytes+1023)/1024) if totaljobs != len(users): line = line + ' (%d jobs)' % totaljobs if len(users) == 1: line = line + ' for %s' % (users.keys()[0],) else: line = line + ' for %d users' % len(users) if userseen: if aheadjobs == 0: line = line + ' (%s first)' % thisuser else: line = line + ' (%d K before %s)' % ( (aheadbytes+1023)/1024, thisuser) lines.append(line) # sts = pipe.close() if sts: lines.append('lpq exit status %r' % (sts,)) return string.joinfields(lines, ': ') if __name__ == "__main__": try: main() except KeyboardInterrupt: pass