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<h1 class="title">ipptoolfile(5)</h1>
<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
ipptoolfile - ipptool file format

<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
The <a href='man-ipptool.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>ipptool(1)</a> program accepts free-form plain text files that describe one or more IPP requests. Comments start with the "#" character and continue to the end of the line. Each request is enclosed by curly braces, for example:
<pre>

    # This is a comment
    {
      # The name of the test
      NAME "Print PostScript Job"

      # The request to send
      OPERATION Print-Job
      GROUP operation-attributes-tag
      ATTR charset attributes-charset utf-8
      ATTR language attributes-natural-language en
      ATTR uri printer-uri $uri
      ATTR name requesting-user-name $user
      FILE testfile.ps

      # The response to expect
      STATUS successful-ok
      EXPECT attributes-charset OF-TYPE charset
      EXPECT attributes-natural-language OF-TYPE naturalLanguage
      EXPECT job-id OF-TYPE integer
      EXPECT job-uri OF-TYPE uri
    }
    {
      # The name of the test
      NAME "Get Attributes of PostScript Job"

      # The request to send
      OPERATION Get-Job-Attributes
      GROUP operation-attributes-tag
      ATTR charset attributes-charset utf-8
      ATTR language attributes-natural-language en
      ATTR uri printer-uri $uri
      ATTR integer job-id $job-id
      ATTR name requesting-user-name $user

      # The response to expect
      STATUS successful-ok
      EXPECT attributes-charset OF-TYPE charset
      EXPECT attributes-natural-language OF-TYPE naturalLanguage
      EXPECT job-id OF-TYPE integer
      EXPECT job-uri OF-TYPE uri
      EXPECT job-state OF-TYPE enum
      EXPECT job-originating-user-name OF-TYPE name WITH-VALUE "$user"
    }
</pre>

<h2 class="title"><a name="TOP-LEVEL_DIRECTIVES">Top-level Directives</a></h2>
The following directives can be used outside of a test:
<dl>
<dt>{ test }
</dt>
<dd>Defines a test.
</dd>
<dt>DEFINE variable-name value
</dt>
<dd>Defines the named variable to the given value. This is equivalent to specifying
"-d variable-name=value" on the <i>ipptool</i> command-line.
</dd>
<dt>DEFINE-DEFAULT variable-name value
</dt>
<dd>Defines the named variable to the given value if it does not already have a
value.
</dd>
<dt>IGNORE-ERRORS yes
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>IGNORE-ERRORS no
</dt>
<dd>Specifies whether, by default, <i>ipptool</i> will ignore errors and continue with
subsequent tests.
</dd>
<dt>INCLUDE "filename"
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>INCLUDE &lt;filename>
</dt>
<dd>Includes another test file. The first form includes a file relative to the
current test file, while the second form includes a file from the <i>ipptool</i>
include directory.
</dd>
<dt>INCLUDE-IF-DEFINED name "filename"
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>INCLUDE-IF-DEFINED name &lt;filename>
</dt>
<dd>Includes another test file if the named variable is defined. The first form
includes a file relative to the current test file, while the second form
includes a file from the <i>ipptool</i> include directory.
</dd>
<dt>INCLUDE-IF-NOT-DEFINED name "filename"
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>INCLUDE-IF-NOT-DEFINED name &lt;filename>
</dt>
<dd>Includes another test file if the named variable is not defined. The first form
includes a file relative to the current test file, while the second form
includes a file from the <i>ipptool</i> include directory.
</dd>
<dt>SKIP-IF-DEFINED variable-name
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>SKIP-IF-NOT-DEFINED variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that the remainder of the test file should be skipped when the
variable is or is not defined.
</dd>
<dt>TRANSFER auto
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that tests will, by default, use "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" for
requests with attached files and "Content-Length:" for requests without attached
files.
</dd>
<dt>TRANSFER chunked
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that tests will, by default, use the HTTP/1.1 "Transfer-Encoding:
chunked" header. This is the default and is equivalent to specifying "-c" on the
<i>ipptool</i> command-line. Support for chunked requests is required for
conformance with all versions of IPP.
</dd>
<dt>TRANSFER length
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that tests will, by default, use the HTTP/1.0 "Content-Length:"
header. This is equivalent to specifying "-l" on the <i>ipptool</i> command-line.
Support for content length requests is required for conformance with all
versions of IPP.
</dd>
<dt>VERSION 1.0
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>VERSION 1.1
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>VERSION 2.0
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>VERSION 2.1
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>VERSION 2.2
</dt>
<dd>Specifies the default IPP version number to use for the tests that follow.

</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="title"><a name="TEST_DIRECTIVES">Test Directives</a></h2>
The following directives are understood in a test:
<dl>
<dt>ATTR tag attribute-name value(s)
</dt>
<dd>Adds an attribute to the test request. Values are separated by the comma (",")
character - escape commas using the "" character.
</dd>
<dt>ATTR collection attribute-name { MEMBER tag member-name value(s) ... } [ ... { ... } ]
</dt>
<dd>Adds a collection attribute to the test request. Member attributes follow the
same syntax as regular attributes and can themselves be nested collections.
Multiple collection values can be supplied as needed.
</dd>
<dt>DELAY seconds
</dt>
<dd>Specifies a delay before this test will be run.
</dd>
<dt>DISPLAY attribute-name
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that value of the named attribute should be output as part of the
test report.
</dd>
<dt>EXPECT attribute-name [ predicate(s) ]
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>EXPECT ?attribute-name predicate(s)
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>EXPECT !attribute-name
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that the response must/may/must not include the named attribute.
Additional requirements can be added as predicates - see the "EXPECT PREDICATES"
section for more information on predicates.
</dd>
<dt>FILE filename
</dt>
<dd>Specifies a file to include at the end of the request. This is typically used
when sending a test print file.
</dd>
<dt>GROUP tag
</dt>
<dd>Specifies the group tag for subsequent attributes in the request.
</dd>
<dt>IGNORE-ERRORS yes
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>IGNORE-ERRORS no
</dt>
<dd>Specifies whether <i>ipptool</i> will ignore errors and continue with subsequent
tests.
</dd>
<dt>NAME "literal string"
</dt>
<dd>Specifies the human-readable name of the test.
</dd>
<dt>OPERATION operation-code
</dt>
<dd>Specifies the operation to be performed.
</dd>
<dt>REQUEST-ID number
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>REQUEST-ID random
</dt>
<dd>Specifies the request-id value to use in the request, either an integer or the
word "random" to use a randomly generated value (the default).
</dd>
<dt>RESOURCE path
</dt>
<dd>Specifies an alternate resource path that is used for the HTTP POST request.
The default is the resource from the URI provided to the <i>ipptool</i> program.
</dd>
<dt>SKIP-IF-DEFINED variable-name
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>SKIP-IF-NOT-DEFINED variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that the current test should be skipped when the variable is or is not
defined.
</dd>
<dt>SKIP-PREVIOUS-ERROR yes
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>SKIP-PREVIOUS-ERROR no
</dt>
<dd>Specifies whether <i>ipptool</i> will skip the current test if the previous test
resulted in an error/failure.
</dd>
<dt>STATUS status-code [ predicate ]
</dt>
<dd>Specifies an expected response status-code value. Additional requirements can be
added as predicates - see the "STATUS PREDICATES" section for more information
on predicates.
</dd>
<dt>TRANSFER auto
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that this test will use "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" if it has an
attached file or "Content-Length:" otherwise.
</dd>
<dt>TRANSFER chunked
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that this test will use the HTTP/1.1 "Transfer-Encoding: chunked"
header.
</dd>
<dt>TRANSFER length
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that this test will use the HTTP/1.0 "Content-Length:" header.
</dd>
<dt>VERSION 1.0
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>VERSION 1.1
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>VERSION 2.0
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>VERSION 2.1
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>VERSION 2.2
</dt>
<dd>Specifies the IPP version number to use for this test.

</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="title"><a name="EXPECT_PREDICATES">Expect Predicates</a></h2>
The following predicates are understood following the EXPECT test directive:
<dl>
<dt>COUNT number
</dt>
<dd>Requires the EXPECT attribute to have the specified number of values.
</dd>
<dt>DEFINE-MATCH variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Defines the variable to "1" when the EXPECT condition matches. A side-effect of
this predicate is that this EXPECT will never fail a test.
</dd>
<dt>DEFINE-NO-MATCH variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Defines the variable to "1" when the EXPECT condition does not match. A side-
effect of this predicate is that this EXPECT will never fail a test.
</dd>
<dt>DEFINE-VALUE variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Defines the variable to the value of the attribute when the EXPECT condition
matches. A side-effect of this predicate is that this EXPECT will never fail a test.
</dd>
<dt>IF-DEFINED variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Makes the EXPECT conditions apply only if the specified variable is defined.
</dd>
<dt>IF-NOT-DEFINED variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Makes the EXPECT conditions apply only if the specified variable is not
defined.
</dd>
<dt>IN-GROUP tag
</dt>
<dd>Requires the EXPECT attribute to be in the specified group tag.
</dd>
<dt>OF-TYPE tag[,tag,...]
</dt>
<dd>Requires the EXPECT attribute to use the specified value tag(s).
</dd>
<dt>REPEAT-LIMIT number
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Specifies the maximum number of times to repeat. The default value is 1000.
</dd>
<dt>REPEAT-MATCH
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>REPEAT-NO-MATCH
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that the current test should be repeated when the EXPECT condition
matches or does not match.
</dd>
<dt>SAME-COUNT-AS attribute-name
</dt>
<dd>Requires the EXPECT attribute to have the same number of values as the specified
parallel attribute.
</dd>
<dt>WITH-ALL-VALUES "literal string"
</dt>
<dd>Requires that all values of the EXPECT attribute match the literal string. Comparisons are case-sensitive.
</dd>
<dt>WITH-ALL-VALUES &lt;number
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>WITH-ALL-VALUES =number
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>WITH-ALL-VALUES >number
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>WITH-ALL-VALUES number[,number,...]
</dt>
<dd>Requires that all values of the EXPECT attribute match the number(s) or numeric comparison. When comparing rangeOfInteger values, the "&lt;" and ">" operators only check the upper bound of the range.
</dd>
<dt>WITH-ALL-VALUES "false"
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>WITH-ALL-VALUES "true"
</dt>
<dd>Requires that all values of the EXPECT attribute match the boolean value given.
</dd>
<dt>WITH-ALL-VALUES "/regular expression/"
</dt>
<dd>Requires that all values of the EXPECT attribute match the regular expression, which must conform to the POSIX regular expression syntax. Comparisons are case-sensitive.
</dd>
<dt>WITH-VALUE "literal string"
</dt>
<dd>Requires that at least one value of the EXPECT attribute matches the literal string. Comparisons are case-sensitive.
</dd>
<dt>WITH-VALUE &lt;number
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>WITH-VALUE =number
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>WITH-VALUE >number
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>WITH-VALUE number[,number,...]
</dt>
<dd>Requires that at least one value of the EXPECT attribute matches the number(s) or numeric comparison. When comparing rangeOfInteger values, the "&lt;" and ">" operators only check the upper bound of the range.
</dd>
<dt>WITH-VALUE "false"
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>WITH-VALUE "true"
</dt>
<dd>Requires that at least one value of the EXPECT attribute matches the boolean value given.
</dd>
<dt>WITH-VALUE "/regular expression/"
</dt>
<dd>Requires that at least one value of the EXPECT attribute matches the regular expression, which must conform to the POSIX regular expression syntax. Comparisons are case-sensitive.

</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="title"><a name="STATUS_PREDICATES">Status Predicates</a></h2>
The following predicates are understood following the STATUS test directive:
<dl>
<dt>DEFINE-MATCH variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Defines the variable to "1" when the STATUS matches. A side-effect of this predicate is that this STATUS will never fail a test.
</dd>
<dt>DEFINE-NO-MATCH variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Defines the variable to "1" when the STATUS does not match. A side-effect of this predicate is that this STATUS will never fail a test.
</dd>
<dt>IF-DEFINED variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Makes the STATUS apply only if the specified variable is defined.
</dd>
<dt>IF-NOT-DEFINED variable-name
</dt>
<dd>Makes the STATUS apply only if the specified variable is not defined.
</dd>
<dt>REPEAT-LIMIT number
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dd>Specifies the maximum number of times to repeat. The default value is 1000.
</dd>
<dt>REPEAT-MATCH
</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>REPEAT-NO-MATCH
</dt>
<dd>Specifies that the current test should be repeated when the response status-code
matches or does not match the value specified by the STATUS directive.

</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="title"><a name="OPERATION_CODES">Operation Codes</a></h2>
Operation codes correspond to the hexadecimal numbers (0xHHHH) and names from
RFC 2911 and other IPP extension specifications. Here is a complete list:
<pre>
    Activate-Printer
    CUPS-Accept-Jobs
    CUPS-Add-Modify-Class
    CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer
    CUPS-Authenticate-Job
    CUPS-Delete-Class
    CUPS-Delete-Printer
    CUPS-Get-Classes
    CUPS-Get-Default
    CUPS-Get-Devices
    CUPS-Get-Document
    CUPS-Get-PPD
    CUPS-Get-PPDs
    CUPS-Get-Printers
    CUPS-Move-Job
    CUPS-Reject-Jobs
    CUPS-Set-Default
    Cancel-Current-Job
    Cancel-Job
    Cancel-Jobs
    Cancel-My-Jobs
    Cancel-Subscription
    Close-Job
    Create-Job
    Create-Job-Subscription
    Create-Printer-Subscription
    Deactivate-Printer
    Disable-Printer
    Enable-Printer
    Get-Job-Attributes
    Get-Jobs
    Get-Notifications
    Get-Printer-Attributes
    Get-Printer-Support-Files
    Get-Printer-Supported-Values
    Get-Subscription-Attributes
    Get-Subscriptions
    Hold-Job
    Hold-New-Jobs
    Identify-Printer
    Pause-Printer
    Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job
    Print-Job
    Print-URI
    Promote-Job
    Purge-Jobs
    Release-Held-New-Jobs
    Release-Job
    Renew-Subscription
    Reprocess-Job
    Restart-Job
    Restart-Printer
    Resubmit-Job
    Resume-Job
    Resume-Printer
    Schedule-Job-After
    Send-Document
    Send-Notifications
    Send-URI
    Set-Job-Attributes
    Set-Printer-Attributes
    Shutdown-Printer
    Startup-Printer
    Suspend-Current-Job
    Validate-Document
    Validate-Job
</pre>

<h2 class="title"><a name="STATUS_CODES">Status Codes</a></h2>
Status codes correspond to the hexadecimal numbers (0xHHHH) and names from RFC
2911 and other IPP extension specifications. Here is a complete list:
<pre>
    client-error-attributes-not-settable
    client-error-attributes-or-values-not-supported
    client-error-bad-request
    client-error-charset-not-supported
    client-error-compression-error
    client-error-compression-not-supported
    client-error-conflicting-attributes
    client-error-document-access-error
    client-error-document-format-error
    client-error-document-format-not-supported
    client-error-document-password-error
    client-error-document-permission-error
    client-error-document-security-error
    client-error-document-unprintable-error
    client-error-forbidden
    client-error-gone
    client-error-ignored-all-notifications
    client-error-ignored-all-subscriptions
    client-error-not-authenticated
    client-error-not-authorized
    client-error-not-found
    client-error-not-possible
    client-error-print-support-file-not-found
    client-error-request-entity-too-large
    client-error-request-value-too-long
    client-error-timeout
    client-error-too-many-subscriptions
    client-error-uri-scheme-not-supported
    cups-see-other
    redirection-other-site
    server-error-busy
    server-error-device-error
    server-error-internal-error
    server-error-job-canceled
    server-error-multiple-document-jobs-not-supported
    server-error-not-accepting-jobs
    server-error-operation-not-supported
    server-error-printer-is-deactivated
    server-error-service-unavailable
    server-error-temporary-error
    server-error-version-not-supported
    successful-ok
    successful-ok-but-cancel-subscription
    successful-ok-conflicting-attributes
    successful-ok-events-complete
    successful-ok-ignored-notifications
    successful-ok-ignored-or-substituted-attributes
    successful-ok-ignored-subscriptions
    successful-ok-too-many-events
</pre>

<h2 class="title"><a name="TAGS">Tags</a></h2>
Value and group tags correspond to the names from RFC 2911 and other IPP
extension specifications. Here are the group tags:
<pre>
    event-notification-attributes-tag
    job-attributes-tag
    operation-attributes-tag
    printer-attributes-tag
    subscription-attributes-tag
    unsupported-attributes-tag
</pre>
<p>Here are the value tags:
<pre>
    admin-define
    boolean
    charset
    collection
    dateTime
    default
    delete-attribute
    enum
    integer
    keyword
    mimeMediaType
    nameWithLanguage
    nameWithoutLanguage
    naturalLanguage
    no-value
    not-settable
    octetString
    rangeOfInteger
    resolution
    textWithLanguage
    textWithoutLanguage
    unknown
    unsupported
    uri
    uriScheme
</pre>

<h2 class="title"><a name="VARIABLES">Variables</a></h2>
The <i>ipptool</i> program maintains a list of variables that can be used in any
literal string or attribute value by specifying "$variable-name". Aside from
variables defined using the "-d" option or "DEFINE" directive, the following
pre-defined variables are available:
<dl>
<dt>$$
</dt>
<dd>Inserts a single "$" character.
</dd>
<dt>$ENV[name]
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the value of the named environment variable, or an empty string if the
environment variable is not defined.
</dd>
<dt>$filename
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the filename provided to <i>ipptool</i> with the "-f" option.
</dd>
<dt>$hostname
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the hostname from the URI provided to <i>ipptool</i>.
</dd>
<dt>$job-id
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the last job-id value returned in a test response or 0 if no job-id has
been seen.
</dd>
<dt>$job-uri
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the last job-uri value returned in a test response or an empty string if
no job-uri has been seen.
</dd>
<dt>$scheme
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the scheme from the URI provided to <i>ipptool</i>.
</dd>
<dt>$notify-subscription-id
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the last notify-subscription-id value returned in a test response or 0 if
no notify-subscription-id has been seen.
</dd>
<dt>$port
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the port number from the URI provided to <i>ipptool</i>.
</dd>
<dt>$resource
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the resource path from the URI provided to <i>ipptool</i>.
</dd>
<dt>$uri
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the URI provided to <i>ipptool</i>.
</dd>
<dt>$user
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the current user's login name.
</dd>
<dt>$username
</dt>
<dd>Inserts the username from the URI provided to <i>ipptool</i>, if any.

</dd>
</dl>
<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
<a href='man-ipptool.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>ipptool(1)</a>,
<br>
<a href='http://localhost:631/help'>http://localhost:631/help</a>

<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.

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