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.