21.6. Job Status Messages - UPDATE

Update messages are used to report changes in the queue contents, such as job arrival.

    Decode: update=host=h4.private%0aidentifier=papowell@h4+676%0anumber=
     ...
    host=h4.private
    identifier=papowell@h4+676
    number=676
    printer=t1
    process=1677
    update_time=1999-03-23-20:51:17.197
    value=bnrname=papowell%0acf_esc_image=Apapowell@h4+676%250aCA%250aD1999-03-
      ...


This update message reports the arrival of a new job at the queue. The value field reports the control file contents:

    class=A
    date=1999-03-23-20:51:17.151
    file_hostname=h4.private
    fromhost=h4.private
    held=0x0
    hf_name=/var/tmp/LPD/t1/hfA676
    hold_class=0x0
    hold_time=0x0
    identifier=papowell@h4+676
    job_time=0x36f86f45
    jobname=/tmp/hi
    logname=papowell
    number=676
    priority=A
    queuename=t1
    size=3
    transfername=cfA676h4.private
    update_time=1999-03-23-20:51:17.187


The update_time field in the section above is the time that the job information was last updated. The cf_esc_image value is the URL escaped control file information.