CSS Environment

 css.default(C)

Name

/etc/css.default

Platforms

Unix, Windows NT

Description

Css.default contains the definitions of system-wide CSS parameters. When operating virtual CSS print servers, each of these servers has an additional default file in its home path identified by the CSS_ENV environment variable.  Each command searches for this file whenever it has been invoked. The file contains one or more entries that define the default information. Each entry has the form:

keyword=Value

where keyword identifies the type of information available and value defines its value. Both keyword and value must consist of letters, digits and punctuation. The exact spelling of a keyword and the appropriate value are described in the following table.

Any line starting with a number sign (#) is considered a comment and is ignored.

In contrast to parameter values, parameter names (keywords) are case insensitive.

Parameters  

In the current CSS version, the following configuration parameters are available:

Name	Description	Default Value
AUTO_REORG	Automatic reorganization of the report queue upon the first call of the css(U) program per day (removal of reports whose keep date has expired): no: no reorganization all: all reports with keep date expired printed: all reports with keep date expired and that have been fully printed See also csa(U), k- and K-options.	no
BANNER_MARGIN	Normally banners print from the first to the last line of the page. On misadjusted forms, this may cause report pages to have banner lines printed on. To avoid this effect, the BANNER_MARGIN parmeter may be used to set the top and bottom margins of banner pages.	0
BINARY_VIEW	Enable / disable the view of binary type reports in the css(U) dialog: true or false. We recommend to disable this option for end-users.	false
CSS_BASE_DIR	Base directory containing all CSS control files, the license validation file and the print daemon lpd. The path name may be specified during setup.	/usr/lib/css   CssNT:   lib
CSS_SPOOL_DIR	Directory where CSS will store report requests. The path name may be specified during setup.	/usr/spool/css   CssNT:   spool
CSS_VERSION	Installed CSS System version. This entry is generated by the setup(I) process and should never be changed.
DATE_TYPE	Date format to bu used in the css(U) dialog screens: AM, US: MM/DD/YY EU: DD.MM.YY IN: YY/MM/DD	EU
DEFAULT_FORM	Defines the default form, if the f-option of lpr(U) is not specified.	A
DEFUALT_DEVICE	Defines the default device, if the d-option of lpr(U) is not specified.	0
DEV_STOP_TIMEOUT	This parameter controls the behavior of the lpd despooler program on stop request for active printouts. If it is set to a value other than zero, the despooler process will stop after the defined number of seconds are elapsed, even if the current page has not been spooled completely. The device and the current report are set to the 'hold' state. Please note, that even if DEV_STOP_TIMEOUT has been set, it might be possible, that the process is unable to terminate. Many Unix systems do not allow a process to stop if it is performing an output operation that the OS has not yet been able to complete (typically if a printer is turned off). As soon as the printer is switched on again, this feature should behave as expected. In order to give CSS a chance to stop after the current page has been processed, this parameter should be set to a reasonable value (e.g. 90). The default value is 0 (zero, no timeout processing).	0
ERRLOG_SIZE	This parameter sets the size of the CSS lpd error log file css.errlog in KB. Once the file reaches the defined size, it is reset and any previously recorded information is lost.	4
EXT_LOCK	Locking method to be used for the processing of the el-parameter in css.devices:   lock: The lock file is locked through internal Unix locking and will be automatically removed by the kernel, even if the lpd daemon does not terminate in a graceful way. The file will be created automatically and remains in the file system after the unlock operation. This is the safest el locking method. sema: The lock file acts as a file semaphore. It is automatically created during the lock operation and removed to signal the end of the lock. This method is intended to synchronize printer sharing with other software packages. Since the (unrecommended) use of kill -9 or other abnormal program termination may lead to zombie lock files, this method should be used as a last resort only.	lock
JOB_FLAGS	This parameter may be set to true to mimic prerelease 3.4 condition flag behavior. For details refer to the migration notes in Chapter 1.	false
LANGENV	This parameter may specify an environment variable name to be inspected for css(U) dialog language information. If set, the variable takes precedence over the LANGUAGE parameter but may be overwritten by L-option of css(U).
LANGUAGE	Language to be used in the css(U) dialog screens:dutch, english, french oder german	english
PROTECTION	Protection to be applied in the report queue maintenance: user: user ID group: group ID none: no protection	user
PUBLIC_GROUP	Reports owned by any group specified in this parameter will be accessible by all users, despite the setting of the PROTECTION parameter. By default a new report will be owned by the creating user and the group associated with that user. Ownership may also be controlled by the lpr(U) u- and g-options. This parameter may define one or more groups (name or numeric ID), delimited by the pipe symbol ‘|‘ or by comma ‘,’.
PUBLIC_USER	Reports owned by any user specified in this parameter will be accessible by all users, despite the setting of the PROTECTION parameter. This parameter may define one or more users (name or numeric ID), delimited by the pipe symbol ‘|‘ or by comma ‘,’.
SHOW_CSSFLAGS	Causes to show the d-, u- and x-option flags in appropriate screen headers of the css(U) dialog, when set to true.	false
TEST_PRINT	Enable / disable the test-print feature after form changes through css(U):true or false	true
TEST_PRINT_ACHAR	Substitution character of alphabetic characters during test-print through css(U).	X
TEST_PRINT_NCHAR	Substitution character of numeric characters during test-print through css(U).	9
VIEW_CONTROL_CHAR	Defines the substitution character of nonprintable values in the report view screen of css(U). Control characters are from 0x00 through 0x19, 0x7f and 0xff, except CR, LF, BS and TAB. The following values are possible: space: use 0x20, space null: do not show x: use character x
VIEW_DEVICE	Defines the device definition to use to display a report in the css(U) report preview screen.
WINDOWS_SERVER	Defines the service name of the Windows server cssws(U)). The same name must be present in the /etc/services file.	cssws
WINCSS_PORT	Defines the TCP/IP port number to be used by the Windows server cssws(U) or the NT service process CssNTSrv(U).	6801
WINCSS_VIEW_DEVICE	Defines the device definition to use to display a report in the WinCss(U) report preview screen.	setting in VIEW_DEVICE
WRAP_SCREEN	Enable / disable the navigation default in the css(U) dialog to wrap screens from last to first.	false

The next table describes system dependent parameters that are used in special environments only:

Notes

Except the TIME entry, CssNT ignores all system dependent parameters.

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