classes.conf(5)

💖 classes.conf — bestie edition 💖

ok so this is classes.conf(5), the class configuration file for cups — it's a section 5 manpage from OpenPrinting, and honestly? she's a backstage girlie, not a front-of-house queen. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

classes.conf — the class configuration file for cups 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so listen. the classes.conf file is the one that defines the local printer classes that are available. that's her whole job. that's the assignment and she ate it.

she normally lives in the /etc/cups directory 🏠 (yes, that directory, the one you already know), and she's maintained by the cupsd(8) program. so like — cupsd is the one taking care of her, doing her hair, keeping her cute.

🚨 and this is the important part bestie: this file is not intended to be edited or managed manually. like, do not touch. hands off. not your business. she's got a whole program handling her, she does not need you in her DMs. 🙈

🦋 NOTES 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ — the name, the location, and the format of this file are all just an implementation detail that will change in future releases of CUPS.

translation: do not get attached. do not hardcode anything. do not build your whole personality around how this file looks rn, because CUPS said "we're evolving" and she means it. periodt. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read these too, they're all in the same friend group 🫶

• cupsd(8)
• cupsd.conf(5)
• mime.convs(5)
• mime.types(5)
• printers.conf(5)
• subscriptions.conf(5)
• CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.

and that's the whole page, bestie ✨ this was classes.conf(5) from the CUPS manual, dated 2021-02-28, brought to you by the OpenPrinting girlies. go be normal about /etc/cups, i'm begging. mwah 💖🎀🦋