Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I have an aix system with 135 printers, I found them by running ls -l /var/spool/lpd/stat/*${queue}*${device}*

Is there any way to see when the last time a printer is printed to? We are preparing for an upgrade and need to clean out old devices.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Assuming you don't have accounting turned on for any of your print queues, try using the ls command on the device files in the /dev directory.
You can determine what those files are by looking at /etc/qconfig.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Thank you. Yes, unfortunately accounting is not turned on. When I look at my qconfig, I see things like:
hp@is1hp5:
file = /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/dev/hp@is1hp5.bryanlgh.org#hpJetDirect#9100
header = never
trailer = never
access = both
backend = /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piojetd is1hp5.abaaba.org 9100
If I "ls" the /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/dev/ I see very old file dates. I guess these are dates of when the printers were installed.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Try looking at the files in /var/spool/lpd/stat as these should give you the answer.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

The time on the file is the last use.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Thank you! This does show exactly what I need.
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