rmque Command

Purpose

Removes a printer queue from the system.

Syntax

rmque -q Name

Description

The rmque command removes a queue from the system configuration by deleting the queue stanza named by the -q flag from the /etc/qconfig file. All queue devices must be deleted using the rmquedev command before entering this command.

You could also use the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) smit rmque fast path to run this command.

Recommendation: To edit the /etc/qconfig file, use the chque, mkque, rmque, chquedev, mkquedev, and rmquedev commands or SMIT. Further, it is recommended to run these commands during slow or off-peak time.

If manual editing of the /etc/qconfig file is necessary, you can first issue the enq -G command to bring the queuing system and the qdaemon to a halt after all jobs are processed. Then you can edit the /etc/qconfig file and restart the qdaemon with the new configuration.

Flags

Item	Description
-q Name	Specifies the name of the queue to be removed.

Security

Attention RBAC users and Trusted AIX® users: This command can perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged operations. For more information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command Database in Security. For a list of privileges and the authorizations associated with this command, see the lssecattr command or the getcmdattr subcommand.

Examples

To remove printer queue lp0, enter:

rmque -q lp0

Files

Item	Description
/usr/bin/rmque	Contains the rmque command.
/etc/qconfig	Contains the configuration file.