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.\"    Manual: System Administration tools
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.SH "NAME"
samba-bgqd \- This is an internal helper program performing asynchronous printing\-related tasks
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\ 'u
samba\-bgqd [\-D|\-\-daemon] [\-i|\-\-interactive] [\-F|\-\-foreground] [\-\-no\-process\-group] [\-d\ <debug\ level>] [\-\-debug\-stdout] [\-\-configfile=<configuration\ file>] [\-\-option=<name>=<value>] [\-l|\-\-log\-basename\ <log\ directory>] [\-\-ready\-signal\-fd\ <fd>] [\-\-parent\-watch\-fd\ <fd>]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This program is part of the
\fBsamba\fR(7)
suite\&.
.PP
samba\-bgqd
is not intended to be invoked directly by users\&.
.PP
Likewise, while
samba\-bgqd
is also not intended to be run manually by system administrators, on systems with a large number of printers configured via CUPS, it is recommended to run
samba\-bgqd
as a systemd service to improve performance and responsiveness of printing operations\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsmbd\fR(8), and
\fBsmb.conf\fR(5)\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell\&. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed\&.