Initial lp.
diff --git a/src/cmd/lp/LOCK.c b/src/cmd/lp/LOCK.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ca1ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/lp/LOCK.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+
+/* MAXHOSTNAMELEN is in sys/param.h */
+#define MAXHOSTNAMELEN	64
+
+char lockstring[MAXHOSTNAMELEN+8];
+
+void
+main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	char *lockfile;
+	int fd, ppid, ssize;
+	struct Dir *statbuf;
+
+	if (argc != 4) {
+		fprint(2, "usage: LOCK lockfile hostname ppid\n");
+		exits("lock failed on usage");
+	}
+	lockfile = argv[1];
+	if ((fd=create(lockfile, OLOCK|ORDWR, 0666)) < 0) {
+		exits("lock failed on create");
+	}
+	ppid = atoi(argv[3]);
+	ssize = sprint(lockstring, "%s %s\n", argv[2], argv[3]);
+	if (write(fd, lockstring, ssize) != ssize) {
+		fprint(2, "LOCK:write(): %r\n");
+		exits("lock failed on write to lockfile");
+	}
+
+	switch(fork()) {
+	default:
+		exits("");
+	case 0:
+		break;
+	case -1:
+		fprint(2, "LOCK:fork(): %r\n");
+		exits("lock failed on fork");
+	}
+
+	for(;;) {
+		statbuf = dirfstat(fd);
+		if(statbuf == nil)
+			break;
+		if (statbuf->length == 0){
+			free(statbuf);
+			break;
+		}
+		free(statbuf);
+		if (write(fd, "", 0) < 0)
+			break;
+		sleep(3000);
+	}
+
+	close(fd);
+	postnote(PNGROUP, ppid, "kill");
+	exits("");
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/lp/ipcopen.c b/src/cmd/lp/ipcopen.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..666f64c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/lp/ipcopen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+
+int ppid;
+
+/*
+ * predefined
+ */
+void pass(int from, int to);
+
+
+/*
+ *  Connect to given datakit port
+ */
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int fd0, fd1;
+	int cpid;
+	char c;
+	char *cp, *devdir, *buf;
+
+	if (argc != 4) {
+		fprint(2, "usage: %s destination network service\n", argv[0]);
+		exits("incorrect number of arguments");
+	}
+	if(!(cp = malloc((long)(strlen(argv[1])+strlen(argv[2])+strlen(argv[3])+8)))) {
+		perror("malloc");
+		exits("malloc failed");
+	}
+	sprint(cp, "%s!%s!%s", argv[2], argv[1], argv[3]);
+	if (dial(cp, &devdir, 0) < 0) {
+		fprint(2, "dialing %s\n", cp);
+		perror("dial");
+		exits("can't dial");
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the input fd, and copy bytes.
+	 */
+
+	if(!(buf = malloc((long)(strlen(devdir)+6)))) {
+		perror("malloc");
+		exits("malloc failed");
+	}
+	sprint(buf, "%s/data", devdir);
+	fd0=open(buf, OREAD);
+	fd1=open(buf, OWRITE);
+	if(fd0<0 || fd1<0) {
+		print("can't open", buf);
+		exits("can't open port");
+	}
+	ppid = getpid();
+	switch(cpid = fork()){
+	case -1:
+		perror("fork failed");
+		exits("fork failed");
+	case 0:
+		close(0);
+		close(fd1);
+		pass(fd0, 1);	/* from remote */
+		hangup(fd0);
+		close(1);
+		close(fd0);
+		exits("");
+	default:
+		close(1);
+		close(fd0);
+		pass(0, fd1);	/* to remote */
+		hangup(fd1);
+		close(0);
+		close(fd1);
+		exits("");
+	}
+}
+
+void
+pass(int from, int to)
+{
+	char buf[1024];
+	int ppid, cpid;
+	int n, tot = 0; 
+
+	while ((n=read(from, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
+		if (n==1 && tot==0 && *buf=='\0')
+			break;
+		tot += n;
+		if (write(to, buf, n)!=n) {
+			perror("pass write error");
+			exits("pass write error");
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/lp/lp.rc b/src/cmd/lp/lp.rc
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fca6f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/lp/lp.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+#!/usr/local/plan9/bin/rc
+# This program enqueues the file to be printed and starts the daemon, when necessary.
+# Make changes to /sys/src/cmd/lp/lp.rc.  Changes made directly to /rc/bin/lp will be lost.
+
+# rfork en	# so that environment and name space are not polluted
+# 
+# put 'fn sigexit { rm /tmp/lpcrap; exit interrupted }' into processes that create /tmp/lpcrap.
+
+ifs=' 	
+'		# set ifs in case it is munged in user's environment
+
+LPLIB=$PLAN9/lp		# lp scripts directories and configuration file are here
+LPBIN=$PLAN9/bin/lpbin		# lp specific binaries are here
+LPSPOOL=$LPLIB/queue		# lp queues
+LPLOGDIR=$LPLIB/log		# lp logs
+
+# $LPLIB/bin/lpscratch || exit $status
+LPTMP=/var/tmp
+
+path=($PLAN9/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin $LPLIB/bin $LPBIN)
+
+USAGE='usage:	lp [-d printer] [-p process] [options] [files]
+		lp [-d printer] -q
+		lp [-d printer] -k jobnos
+
+		options include:
+		-H		no header
+		-L		landscape mode
+		-c<n>		make <n> copies
+		-f<font.size>	specify font and size
+		-i<src>		take media from <src> input bin
+		-l<n>		print <n> lines per logical page
+		-m<n>		magnify <n> times
+		-n<n>		print <n> logical pages per physical page
+		-o<i-j,k>	print only pages i-j and k
+		-r		reverse pages
+		-x<n>		x page offset in inches
+		-y<n>		y page offset in inches'
+
+umask 000	# this doesn't work in plan 9
+THIS_HOST=$sysname
+if(~ $#THIS_HOST 0)
+	THIS_HOST=`{hostname | sed 's/\..*//'}
+if(~ $#THIS_HOST 0)
+	THIS_HOST=gnot
+
+# Helpers for scripts
+
+# Run a program from a /sys/lib/lp subdirectory.
+fn lpsub { 
+	_LPSUB=$1
+	shift
+	_LPCMD=$1
+	shift
+	@{path=($LPLIB/$_LPSUB $path); $LPLIB/$_LPSUB/$_LPCMD $*}
+}
+
+# Run a command with standard input from file $1.
+# If $1 is '', use the current standard input.
+fn lpinput {
+	_LPFILE=$1
+	shift
+	if(~ $_LPFILE '') $*
+	if not $* < $_LPFILE
+}
+
+LPMACHID=$THIS_HOST
+THIS_USERID=$user
+LPUSERID=$THIS_USERID
+LPLOC=''
+
+# Set default printer to be output device
+if (~ $#LPDEST 0 && test -f $LPLIB/default)
+	LPDEST=`{cat $LPLIB/default}
+
+# Parse option parameters
+
+XOFF=''
+YOFF=''
+POINT=''
+FONT=''
+LINES=''
+LAND=''
+COPIES=''
+MAG=''
+NPAG=''
+OLIST=''
+IBIN=''
+REVERSE=''
+NOHEAD=''
+TRAY=''
+# remove FLAGS from environment
+FLAGD=();FLAGH=();FLAGL=();FLAGM=();FLAGQ=();FLAGc=();FLAGd=();FLAGf=()
+FLAGi=();FLAGk=();FLAGl=();FLAGm=();FLAGn=();FLAGo=();FLAGp=();FLAGq=()
+FLAGr=();FLAGt=();FLAGu=();FLAGx=();FLAGy=()
+# Process options
+eval `{getflags DHLM:1QRc:1d:1f:1i:1kl:1m:1n:1o:1p:1qrt:1u:1x:1y:1 $*}
+if (! ~ $status '') exit $status
+if (! ~ $#FLAGD 0) { DEBUG=1; flag x + }; if not { DEBUG=''; flag x - }
+if (! ~ $#FLAGH 0) NOHEAD=1; if not NOHEAD=''
+if (! ~ $#FLAGL 0) LAND=1; if not LAND=''
+# originating machine id (for information only)
+if (! ~ $#FLAGM 0 && ~ $LPUSERID daemon) LPMACHID=$FLAGM
+if (! ~ $#FLAGQ 0) QONLY=1; if not QONLY=''
+if (! ~ $#FLAGR 0) RESET=1; if not RESET=''
+if (! ~ $#FLAGc 0) COPIES=$FLAGc; if not COPIES=1
+if (! ~ $#FLAGd 0) {
+	switch ($FLAGd) {
+	case '?'; exec awk 'BEGIN{printf "device       location  host                 class\n"}
+			/^[^#]/	{printf "%-12s %-9s %-20s %s\n", $1, $2, $3, $6 }' $LPLIB/devices
+	case *; LPDEST=$FLAGd
+	}
+}
+if (! ~ $#FLAGf 0) eval `{echo $FLAGf | sed -e 's/([^.]*)\.([0-9.]*)/FONT=\1;POINT=\2;/'}
+if (! ~ $#FLAGi 0) IBIN=$FLAGi
+if (! ~ $#FLAGk 0) KILLFLAG=1; if not KILLFLAG=0
+if (! ~ $#FLAGl 0) LINES=$FLAGl
+if (! ~ $#FLAGm 0) MAG=$FLAGm
+if (! ~ $#FLAGn 0) NPAG=$FLAGn
+if (! ~ $#FLAGo 0) OLIST=-o$FLAGo
+if (! ~ $#FLAGp 0) {
+	switch (FLAGp) {
+	case '?';exec ls $LPLIB/process
+	case *;	LPPROC=$FLAGp
+	}
+}
+if (! ~ $#FLAGq 0) LPQ=1; if not LPQ=0
+if (! ~ $#FLAGr 0) {
+	switch ($REVERSE) {
+	case '';REVERSE=1
+	case 1;	REVERSE=''
+	}
+}
+if (! ~ $#FLAGt 0) TRAY=$FLAGt
+# originating user id
+if (! ~ $#FLAGu 0) LPUSERID=$FLAGu
+if (! ~ $#FLAGx 0) XOFF=$FLAGx
+if (! ~ $#FLAGy 0) YOFF=$FLAGy
+
+if (~ $#LPDEST 0) {
+	echo 'Set environment variable LPDEST or use the
+''-d printer'' option to set the destination.' >[1=2]
+	exit 'LPDEST not set'
+}
+if (~ $LPDEST */*) {	# handles MHCC destinations like mh/lino
+	LPLOC=`{echo $LPDEST|sed 's/^(.*)\/(.*)/\1/'}
+	LPDEST=`{echo $LPDEST|sed 's/^(.*)\/(.*)/\2/'}
+}
+
+# Fetch device info from devices file.
+
+LPDLINE=`{grep '^'$LPDEST'[ 	]' $LPLIB/devices}
+if (! ~ $status '') {
+	echo 'device '$LPDEST' is not in '$LPLIB'/devices' >[1=2]
+	exit 'LPDEST is bad'
+}
+LOC=$LPDLINE(2)
+DEST_HOST=$LPDLINE(3)
+OUTDEV=$LPDLINE(4)
+SPEED=$LPDLINE(5)
+LPCLASS=$LPDLINE(6)
+if (~ $#LPPROC 0) LPPROC=$LPDLINE(7)
+SPOOLER=$LPDLINE(8)
+STAT=$LPDLINE(9)
+KILL=$LPDLINE(10)
+DAEMON=$LPDLINE(11)
+SCHED=$LPDLINE(12)
+
+# On to the actual command-line processing.
+
+# lp -k
+if (~ $KILLFLAG 1)
+	switch ($KILL) {
+	case -
+		echo kill option not available on $LPDEST >[1=2]
+		exit 'kill n/a'
+	case *
+		lpsub kill $KILL $*
+		exit $status
+	}
+
+# lp -q
+if (~ $LPQ 1)
+	switch ($STAT) {
+	case -
+		echo queue status option not available on $LPDEST >[1=2]
+		exit 'stat option not available'
+	case *
+		lpsub stat $STAT $* </dev/null
+		exit $status
+	}
+
+# lp
+DATE=`{date}
+LPLOG=$LPLOGDIR/$LPDEST
+if (! test -e $LPLOG) {
+	>$LPLOG
+	chmod +rwa $LPLOG >[2]/dev/null
+}
+
+if (~ $RESET '') {	# lp file
+	switch ($SPOOLER) {
+	case -;	echo spooler does not exist for $LPDEST >[1=2]
+		exit 'no spooler'
+	case *;	path=($LPLIB/spooler $path)
+		if (~ $#* 0) $SPOOLER
+		if not $SPOOLER $*
+	}
+}
+
+if not {	# lp -R
+	echo restarting daemon for printer $LPDEST >[1=2]
+	echo `{date} restarting daemon >>$LPLOG
+	UNLOCK $LPSPOOL/$LPDEST
+	sleep 5
+}
+
+# run daemon
+if (~ $QONLY '') {	# not lp -Q
+	if (! ~ $DAEMON -) {
+		lpsub daemon $DAEMON $* >>$LPLOG >[2=1] &
+	}
+}
+exit ''
diff --git a/src/cmd/lp/lpdaemon.c b/src/cmd/lp/lpdaemon.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10b0aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/lp/lpdaemon.c
@@ -0,0 +1,457 @@
+#include <u.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+
+#undef ctime
+#undef wait
+
+/* for Plan 9 */
+#ifdef PLAN9
+#define LP	"/bin/lp"
+#define TMPDIR "/var/tmp"
+#define LPDAEMONLOG	unsharp("#9/lp/log/lpdaemonl")
+#endif
+/* for Tenth Edition systems */
+#ifdef V10
+#define LP	"/usr/bin/lp"
+#define TMPDIR "/tmp"
+#define LPDAEMONLOG	"/tmp/lpdaemonl"
+#endif
+/* for System V or BSD systems */
+#if defined(SYSV) || defined(BSD)
+#define LP	"/v/bin/lp"
+#define TMPDIR "/tmp"
+#define LPDAEMONLOG	"/tmp/lpdaemonl"
+#endif
+
+#define ARGSIZ 4096
+#define NAMELEN 30
+
+unsigned char argvstr[ARGSIZ];		/* arguments after parsing */
+unsigned char *argvals[ARGSIZ/2+1];	/* pointers to arguments after parsing */
+int ascnt = 0, argcnt = 0;	/* number of arguments parsed */
+/* for 'stuff' gleened from lpr cntrl file */
+struct jobinfo {
+	char user[NAMELEN+1];
+	char host[NAMELEN+1];
+} *getjobinfo();
+
+#define MIN(a,b)	((a<b)?a:b)
+
+#define	CPYFIELD(src, dst)	{ while (*(src)!=' ' && *(src)!='\t' && *(src)!='\r' && *(src)!='\n' && *(src)!='\0') *(dst)++ = *(src)++; }
+
+#define	ACK()	write(1, "", 1)
+#define NAK()	write(1, "\001", 1)
+
+#define LNBFSZ	4096
+unsigned char lnbuf[LNBFSZ];
+
+#define	RDSIZE 512
+unsigned char jobbuf[RDSIZE];
+
+int datafd[400], cntrlfd = -1;
+
+int dbgstate = 0;
+char *dbgstrings[] = {
+	"",
+	"sendack1",
+	"send",
+	"rcvack",
+	"sendack2",
+	"done"
+};
+
+void
+error(char *s1, ...)
+{
+	FILE *fp;
+	long thetime;
+	char *chartime;
+	va_list ap;
+	char *args[8];
+	int argno = 0;
+
+	if((fp=fopen(LPDAEMONLOG, "a"))==NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "cannot open %s in append mode\n", LPDAEMONLOG);
+		return;
+	}
+	time(&thetime);
+	chartime = ctime(&thetime);
+	fprintf(fp, "%.15s [%5.5d] ", &(chartime[4]), getpid());
+	va_start(ap, s1);
+	while((args[argno++] = va_arg(ap, char*)) && argno<8);
+	va_end(ap);
+	fprintf(fp, s1, args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3], args[4], args[5], args[6], args[7]);
+	fflush(fp);
+	fclose(fp);
+	return;
+}
+
+void
+forklp(int inputfd)
+{
+	int i, cpid;
+	unsigned char *bp, *cp;
+	unsigned char logent[LNBFSZ];
+
+	/* log this call to lp */
+	cp = logent;
+	for (i=1; i<argcnt; i++) {
+		bp = argvals[i];
+		if (cp+strlen((const char *)bp)+1 < logent+LNBFSZ-1) {
+			CPYFIELD(bp, cp);
+			*cp++ = ' ';
+		}
+	}
+	*--cp = '\n';
+	*++cp = '\0';
+	error(logent);
+	switch((cpid=fork())){
+	case -1:
+		error("fork error\n");
+		exit(2);
+	case 0:
+		if (inputfd != 0)
+			dup2(inputfd, 0);
+		dup2(1, 2);
+		lseek(0, 0L, 0);
+		execvp(LP, (char**)argvals);
+		error("exec failed\n");
+		exit(3);
+	default:
+		while(wait((int *)0) != cpid);
+	}
+}
+
+int
+tempfile(void)
+{
+	int tindx = 0;
+	char tmpf[sizeof(TMPDIR)+64];
+	int crtfd, tmpfd;
+
+	sprintf(tmpf, "%s/lp%d.%d", TMPDIR, getpid(), tindx++);
+	if((crtfd=creat(tmpf, 0666)) < 0) {
+		error("cannot create temp file %s\n", tmpf);
+		NAK();
+		exit(3);
+	}
+	if((tmpfd=open(tmpf, 2)) < 0) {
+		error("cannot open temp file %s\n", tmpf);
+		NAK();
+		exit(3);
+	}
+	close(crtfd);
+	unlink(tmpf);	/* comment out for debugging */
+	return(tmpfd);
+}
+
+int
+readfile(int outfd, int bsize)
+{
+	int rv;
+
+	dbgstate = 1;
+	alarm(60);
+	ACK();
+	dbgstate = 2;
+	for(; bsize > 0; bsize -= rv) {
+		alarm(60);
+		if((rv=read(0, jobbuf, MIN(bsize,RDSIZE))) < 0) {
+			error("error reading input, %d unread\n", bsize);
+			exit(4);
+		} else if (rv == 0) {
+			error("connection closed prematurely\n");
+			exit(4);
+		} else if((write(outfd, jobbuf, rv)) != rv) {
+			error("error writing temp file, %d unread\n", bsize);
+			exit(5);
+		}
+	}
+	dbgstate = 3;
+	alarm(60);
+	if (((rv=read(0, jobbuf, 1))==1) && (*jobbuf=='\0')) {
+		alarm(60);
+		ACK();
+		dbgstate = 4;
+		alarm(0);
+		return(outfd);
+	}
+	alarm(0);
+	error("received bad status <%d> from sender\n", *jobbuf);
+	error("rv=%d\n", rv);
+	NAK();
+	return(-1);
+}
+
+/* reads a line from the input into lnbuf
+ * if there is no error, it returns
+ *   the number of characters in the buffer
+ * if there is an error and there where characters
+ *   read, it returns the negative value of the
+ *   number of characters read
+ * if there is an error and no characters were read,
+ *   it returns the negative value of 1 greater than
+ *   the size of the line buffer
+ */
+int
+readline(int inpfd)
+{
+	unsigned char *ap;
+	int i, rv;
+
+	ap = lnbuf;
+	lnbuf[0] = '\0';
+	i = 0;
+	alarm(60);
+	do {
+		rv = read(inpfd, ap, 1);
+	} while (rv==1 && ++i && *ap != '\n' && ap++ && (i < LNBFSZ - 2));
+	alarm(0);
+	if (i != 0 && *ap != '\n') {
+		*++ap = '\n';
+		i++;
+	}
+	*++ap = '\0';
+	if (rv < 0) {
+		error("read error; lost connection\n");
+		if (i==0) i = -(LNBFSZ+1);
+		else i = -i;
+	}
+	return(i);
+}
+
+int
+getfiles(void)
+{
+	unsigned char *ap;
+	int filecnt, bsize, rv;
+
+	filecnt = 0;
+	/* get a line, hopefully containing a ctrl char, size, and name */
+	for(;;) {
+		ap = lnbuf;
+		if ((rv=readline(0)) < 0) NAK();
+		if (rv <= 0) {
+			return(filecnt);
+		}
+		switch(*ap++) {
+		case '\1':		/* cleanup - data sent was bad (whatever that means) */
+			break;
+		case '\2':		/* read control file */
+			bsize = atoi(ap);
+			cntrlfd = tempfile();
+			if (readfile(cntrlfd, bsize) < 0) {
+				close(cntrlfd);
+				NAK();
+				return(0);
+			}
+			break;
+		case '\3':		/* read data file */
+			bsize = atoi(ap);
+			datafd[filecnt] = tempfile();
+			if (readfile(datafd[filecnt], bsize) < 0) {
+				close(datafd[filecnt]);
+				NAK();
+				return(0);
+			}
+			filecnt++;
+			break;
+		default:
+			error("protocol error <%d>\n", *(ap-1));
+			NAK();
+		}
+	}
+	return(filecnt);
+}
+
+struct jobinfo *
+getjobinfo(int fd)
+{
+	unsigned char *ap;
+	int rv;
+	static struct jobinfo info;
+
+	if (fd < 0) error("getjobinfo: bad file descriptor\n");
+	if (lseek(fd, 0L, 0) < 0) {
+		error("error seeking in temp file\n");
+		exit(7);
+	}
+	/* the following strings should be < NAMELEN or else they will not
+	 * be null terminated.
+	 */
+	strncpy(info.user, "daemon", NAMELEN);
+	strncpy(info.host, "nowhere", NAMELEN);
+	/* there may be a space after the name and host.  It will be filtered out
+	 * by CPYFIELD.
+	 */
+	while ((rv=readline(fd)) > 0) {
+		ap = lnbuf;
+		ap[rv-1] = '\0';	/* remove newline from string */
+		switch (*ap) {
+		case 'H':
+			if (ap[1] == '\0')
+				strncpy(info.host, "unknown", NAMELEN);
+			else
+				strncpy(info.host, (const char *)&ap[1], NAMELEN);
+			info.host[strlen(info.host)] = '\0';
+			break;
+		case 'P':
+			if (ap[1] == '\0')
+				strncpy(info.user, "unknown", NAMELEN);
+			else
+				strncpy(info.user, (const char *)&ap[1], NAMELEN);
+			info.user[strlen(info.user)] = '\0';
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return(&info);
+}
+
+void
+alarmhandler(int sig) {
+	signal(sig, alarmhandler);
+	error("alarm at %d - %s\n", dbgstate, dbgstrings[dbgstate]);
+}
+
+void
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	unsigned char *ap, *bp, *cp, *savbufpnt;
+	int i, blen, rv, saveflg, savargcnt;
+	struct jobinfo *jinfop;
+
+	USED(argc);
+	USED(argv);
+	
+	signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
+	signal(SIGALRM, alarmhandler);
+	cp = argvstr;
+	/* setup argv[0] for exec */
+	argvals[argcnt++] = cp;
+	for (bp = (unsigned char *)LP, i = 0; (*bp != '\0') && (i < ARGSIZ-1); *cp++ = *bp++, i++);
+	*cp++ = '\0';
+	/* get the first line sent and parse it as arguments for lp */
+	if ((rv=readline(0)) < 0)
+		exit(1);
+	bp = lnbuf;
+	/* setup the remaining arguments */
+	/* check for BSD style request */
+	/* ^A, ^B, ^C, ^D, ^E (for BSD lpr) */
+	switch (*bp) {
+	case '\001':
+	case '\003':
+	case '\004':
+		bp++;	/* drop the ctrl character from the input */
+		argvals[argcnt++] = cp;
+		*cp++ = '-'; *cp++ = 'q'; *cp++ = '\0';		/* -q */
+		argvals[argcnt++] = cp;
+		*cp++ = '-'; *cp++ = 'd'; 			/* -d */
+		CPYFIELD(bp, cp);				/* printer */
+		*cp++ = '\0';
+		break;
+	case '\002':
+		bp++;	/* drop the ctrl character from the input */
+		argvals[argcnt++] = cp;
+		*cp++ = '-'; *cp++ = 'd'; 			/* -d */
+		CPYFIELD(bp, cp);				/* printer */
+		*cp++ = '\0';
+		ACK();
+		savargcnt = argcnt;
+		savbufpnt = cp;
+		while ((rv=getfiles())) {
+			jinfop = getjobinfo(cntrlfd);
+			close(cntrlfd);
+			argcnt = savargcnt;
+			cp = savbufpnt;
+			argvals[argcnt++] = cp;
+			*cp++ = '-'; *cp++ = 'M'; 			/* -M */
+			bp = (unsigned char *)jinfop->host;
+			CPYFIELD(bp, cp);				/* host name */
+			*cp++ = '\0';
+			argvals[argcnt++] = cp;
+			*cp++ = '-'; *cp++ = 'u'; 			/* -u */
+			bp = (unsigned char *)jinfop->user;
+			CPYFIELD(bp, cp);				/* user name */
+			*cp++ = '\0';
+			for(i=0;i<rv;i++)
+				forklp(datafd[i]);
+		}
+		exit(0);
+	case '\005':
+		bp++;	/* drop the ctrl character from the input */
+		argvals[argcnt++] = cp;
+		*cp++ = '-'; *cp++ = 'k'; *cp++ = '\0';		/* -k */
+		argvals[argcnt++] = cp;
+		*cp++ = '-'; *cp++ = 'd'; 			/* -d */
+		CPYFIELD(bp, cp);				/* printer */
+		*cp++ = '\0';
+		argvals[argcnt++] = cp;
+		*cp++ = '-'; ap = cp; *cp++ = 'u'; 		/* -u */
+		CPYFIELD(bp, cp);				/* username */
+
+		/* deal with bug in lprng where the username is not supplied
+		 */
+		if (ap == (cp-1)) {
+			ap = (unsigned char *)"none";
+			CPYFIELD(ap, cp);
+		}
+
+		*cp++ = '\0';
+		datafd[0] = tempfile();
+		blen = strlen((const char *)bp);
+		if (write(datafd[0], bp, blen) != blen) {
+			error("write error\n");
+			exit(6);
+		}
+		if (write(datafd[0], "\n", 1) != 1) {
+			error("write error\n");
+			exit(6);
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* otherwise get my lp arguments */
+		do {
+			/* move to next non-white space */
+			while (*bp==' '||*bp=='\t')
+				++bp;
+			if (*bp=='\n') continue;
+			/* only accept arguments beginning with -
+			 * this is done to prevent the printing of
+			 * local files from the destination host
+			 */
+			if (*bp=='-') {
+				argvals[argcnt++] = cp;
+				saveflg = 1;
+			} else
+				saveflg = 0;
+			/* move to next white space copying text to argument buffer */
+			while (*bp!=' ' && *bp!='\t' && *bp!='\n'
+			    && *bp!='\0') {
+				*cp = *bp++;
+				cp += saveflg;
+			}
+			*cp = '\0';
+			cp += saveflg;
+		} while (*bp!='\n' && *bp!='\0');
+		if (readline(0) < 0) exit(7);
+		datafd[0] = tempfile();
+		if(readfile(datafd[0], atoi((char *)lnbuf)) < 0) {
+			error("readfile failed\n");
+			exit(8);
+		}
+	}
+	forklp(datafd[0]);
+	exit(0);
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/lp/lpdsend.c b/src/cmd/lp/lpdsend.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dc7025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/lp/lpdsend.c
@@ -0,0 +1,428 @@
+#include <u.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+
+#define	REDIALTIMEOUT	15
+#define TIMEOUT 600
+
+char tmpfilename[L_tmpnam+1];
+int alarmstate = 0;
+int debugflag = 0;
+int killflag = 0;
+int statflag = 0;
+
+void
+cleanup(void) {
+	unlink(tmpfilename);
+}
+
+#define SBSIZE 8192
+unsigned char sendbuf[SBSIZE];
+
+void
+debug(char *str) {
+	if (debugflag)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s", str);
+}
+
+void
+alarmhandler(int sig) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "timeout occurred, check printer.\n");
+	exit(2);
+}
+
+/* send a message after each WARNPC percent of data sent */
+#define WARNPC	5
+
+int
+copyfile(int in, int out, long tosend) {
+	int n;
+	int sent = 0;
+	int percent = 0;
+
+	if (debugflag)
+		fprintf(stderr, "lpdsend: copyfile(%d,%d,%ld)\n",
+			in, out, tosend);
+	while ((n=read(in, sendbuf, SBSIZE)) > 0) {
+		if (debugflag)
+			fprintf(stderr, "lpdsend: copyfile read %d bytes from %d\n",
+				n, in);
+		alarm(TIMEOUT); alarmstate = 1;
+		if (write(out, sendbuf, n) != n) {
+			alarm(0);
+			fprintf(stderr, "write to fd %d failed\n", out);
+			return(0);
+		}
+		alarm(0);
+		if (debugflag)
+			fprintf(stderr, "lpdsend: copyfile wrote %d bytes to %d\n",
+				n, out);
+		sent += n;
+		if (tosend && ((sent*100/tosend)>=(percent+WARNPC))) {
+			percent += WARNPC;
+			fprintf(stderr, ": %5.2f%% sent\n", sent*100.0/tosend);
+		}
+	}
+	if (debugflag)
+		fprintf(stderr, "lpdsend: copyfile read %d bytes from %d\n",
+			n, in);
+	return(!n);
+}
+
+char  strbuf[120];
+char hostname[MAXHOSTNAMELEN], *username, *printername, *killarg;
+char *inputname;
+char filetype = 'o';	/* 'o' is for PostScript */
+int seqno = 0;
+char *seqfilename;
+
+void
+killjob(int printerfd) {
+	int strlength;
+	if (printername==0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "no printer name\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if (username==0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "no user name given\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if (killarg==0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "no job to kill\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	sprintf(strbuf, "%c%s %s %s\n", '\5', printername, username, killarg);
+	strlength = strlen(strbuf);
+	if (write(printerfd, strbuf, strlength) != strlength) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "write(printer) error\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	copyfile(printerfd, 2, 0L);
+}
+
+void
+checkqueue(int printerfd) {
+	int strlength;
+
+	sprintf(strbuf, "%c%s\n", '\4', printername);
+	strlength = strlen(strbuf);
+	if (write(printerfd, strbuf, strlength) != strlength) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "write(printer) error\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	copyfile(printerfd, 2, 0L);
+/*
+{	int n;
+	unsigned char sendbuf[1];
+	while ((n=read(printerfd, sendbuf, 1)) > 0) {
+		write(2, sendbuf, n);
+	}
+}
+*/
+}
+
+void
+getack(int printerfd, int as) {
+	char resp;
+	int rv;
+
+	alarm(TIMEOUT); alarmstate = as;
+	if ((rv=read(printerfd, &resp, 1)) != 1 || resp != '\0') {
+		fprintf(stderr, "getack failed: read returned %d, read value (if any) %d, alarmstate=%d\n",
+			rv, resp, alarmstate);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	alarm(0);
+}
+
+/* send control file */
+void
+sendctrl(int printerfd) {
+	char cntrlstrbuf[256];
+	int strlength, cntrlen;
+
+	sprintf(cntrlstrbuf, "H%s\nP%s\n%cdfA%3.3d%s\n", hostname, username, filetype, seqno, hostname);
+	cntrlen = strlen(cntrlstrbuf);
+	sprintf(strbuf, "%c%d cfA%3.3d%s\n", '\2', cntrlen, seqno, hostname);
+	strlength = strlen(strbuf);
+	if (write(printerfd, strbuf, strlength) != strlength) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "write(printer) error\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	getack(printerfd, 3);
+	if (write(printerfd, cntrlstrbuf, cntrlen) != cntrlen) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "write(printer) error\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if (write(printerfd, "\0", 1) != 1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "write(printer) error\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	getack(printerfd, 4);
+}
+
+/* send data file */
+void
+senddata(int inputfd, int printerfd, long size) {
+	int strlength;
+
+	sprintf(strbuf, "%c%ld dfA%3.3d%s\n", '\3', size, seqno, hostname);
+	strlength = strlen(strbuf);
+	if (write(printerfd, strbuf, strlength) != strlength) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "write(printer) error\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	getack(printerfd, 5);
+	if (!copyfile(inputfd, printerfd, size)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to send file to printer\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if (write(printerfd, "\0", 1) != 1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "write(printer) error\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr, "%ld bytes sent, status: waiting for end of job\n", size);
+	getack(printerfd, 6);
+}
+
+void
+sendjob(int inputfd, int printerfd) {
+	struct stat statbuf;
+	int strlength;
+
+	if (fstat(inputfd, &statbuf) < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "fstat(%s) failed\n", inputname);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	sprintf(strbuf, "%c%s\n", '\2', printername);
+	strlength = strlen(strbuf);
+	if (write(printerfd, strbuf, strlength) != strlength) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "write(printer) error\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	getack(printerfd, 2);
+	debug("send data\n");
+	senddata(inputfd, printerfd, statbuf.st_size);
+	debug("send control info\n");
+	sendctrl(printerfd);
+	fprintf(stderr, "%ld bytes sent, status: end of job\n", (long)statbuf.st_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ *  make an address, add the defaults
+ */
+char *
+netmkaddr(char *linear, char *defnet, char *defsrv)
+{
+	static char addr[512];
+	char *cp;
+
+	/*
+	 *  dump network name
+	 */
+	cp = strchr(linear, '!');
+	if(cp == 0){
+		if(defnet==0){
+			if(defsrv)
+				sprintf(addr, "net!%s!%s", linear, defsrv);
+			else
+				sprintf(addr, "net!%s", linear);
+		}
+		else {
+			if(defsrv)
+				sprintf(addr, "%s!%s!%s", defnet, linear, defsrv);
+			else
+				sprintf(addr, "%s!%s", defnet, linear);
+		}
+		return addr;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 *  if there is already a service, use it
+	 */
+	cp = strchr(cp+1, '!');
+	if(cp)
+		return linear;
+
+	/*
+	 *  add default service
+	 */
+	if(defsrv == 0)
+		return linear;
+	sprintf(addr, "%s!%s", linear, defsrv);
+
+	return addr;
+}
+
+void
+main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	int c, usgflg = 0;
+	char *desthostname;
+	int printerfd;
+	int inputfd;
+	int sendport;
+	char portstr[4];
+
+	desthostname = nil;
+	if (signal(SIGALRM, alarmhandler) == SIG_ERR) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to set alarm handler\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "Dd:k:qs:t:H:P:")) != -1)
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'D':
+			debugflag = 1;
+			debug("debugging on\n");
+			break;
+		case 'd':
+			printername = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 'k':
+			if (statflag) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "cannot have both -k and -q flags\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}	
+			killflag = 1;
+			killarg = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 'q':
+			if (killflag) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "cannot have both -q and -k flags\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}	
+			statflag = 1;
+			break;
+		case 's':
+			seqno = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
+			if (seqno < 0 || seqno > 999)
+				seqno = 0;
+			break;
+		case 't':
+			switch (filetype) {
+			case 'c':
+			case 'd':
+			case 'f':
+			case 'g':
+			case 'l':
+			case 'n':
+			case 'o':
+			case 'p':
+			case 'r':
+			case 't':
+			case 'v':
+			case 'z':
+				filetype = optarg[0];
+				break;
+			default:
+				usgflg++;
+				break;
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'H':
+			strncpy(hostname, optarg, MAXHOSTNAMELEN);
+			break;
+		case 'P':
+			username = optarg;
+			break;
+		default:
+		case '?':
+			fprintf(stderr, "unknown option %c\n", c);
+			usgflg++;
+		}
+	if (argc < 2) usgflg++;
+	if (optind < argc) {
+		desthostname = argv[optind++];
+	} else
+		usgflg++;
+	if (usgflg) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "usage: to send a job - %s -d printer -H hostname -P username [-s seqno] [-t[cdfgklnoprtvz]] desthost [filename]\n", argv[0]);
+		fprintf(stderr, "     to check status - %s -d printer -q desthost\n", argv[0]);
+		fprintf(stderr, "       to kill a job - %s -d printer -P username -k jobname desthost\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+/* make sure the file to send is here and ready
+ * otherwise the TCP connection times out.
+ */
+ 	inputfd = -1;
+	if (!statflag && !killflag) {
+		if (optind < argc) {
+			inputname = argv[optind++];
+			debug("open("); debug(inputname); debug(")\n");
+			inputfd = open(inputname, O_RDONLY);
+			if (inputfd < 0) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "open(%s) failed\n", inputname);
+				exit(1);
+			}
+		} else {
+			inputname = "stdin";
+			tmpnam(tmpfilename);
+			debug("using stdin\n");
+			if ((inputfd = create(tmpfilename, ORDWR, 0600)) < 0) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "open(%s) failed\n", tmpfilename);
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			atexit(cleanup);
+			debug("copy input to temp file ");
+			debug(tmpfilename);
+			debug("\n");
+			if (!copyfile(0, inputfd, 0L)) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "failed to copy file to temporary file\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			if (lseek(inputfd, 0L, 0) < 0) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "failed to seek back to the beginning of the temporary file\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	sprintf(strbuf, "%s", netmkaddr(desthostname, "tcp", "printer"));
+	fprintf(stderr, "connecting to %s\n", strbuf);
+	for (sendport=721; sendport<=731; sendport++) {
+		sprintf(portstr, "%3.3d", sendport);
+		fprintf(stderr, " trying from port %s...", portstr);
+		debug(" dial("); debug(strbuf); debug(", "); debug(portstr); debug(", 0, 0) ...");
+		printerfd = dial(strbuf, portstr, 0, 0);
+		if (printerfd >= 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "connected\n");
+			break;
+		}
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed\n");
+		sleep(REDIALTIMEOUT);
+	}
+	if (printerfd < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open a valid port!\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "-  All source ports [721-731] may be busy.\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "-  Is recipient ready and online?\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "-  If all else fails, cycle the power!\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+/*	hostname[8] = '\0'; */
+#ifndef PLAN9
+	if (gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname)) < 0) {
+		perror("gethostname");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+#endif
+/*	char *hnend;
+	if ((hnend = strchr(hostname, '.')) != NULL)
+		*hnend = '\0';
+ */
+	if (statflag) {
+		checkqueue(printerfd);
+	} else if (killflag) {
+		killjob(printerfd);
+	} else {
+		sendjob(inputfd, printerfd);
+	}
+	exit(0);
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/lp/lpsend.c b/src/cmd/lp/lpsend.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4893f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/lp/lpsend.c
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+#ifdef plan9
+
+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+#define 	stderr	2
+
+#define RDNETIMEOUT	60000
+#define WRNETIMEOUT	60000
+
+#else
+
+/* not for plan 9 */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+#define	create	creat
+#define	seek	lseek
+#define	fprint	fprintf
+#define	sprint	sprintf
+#define	exits	exit
+
+#define	ORDWR	O_RDWR
+#define	OTRUNC	O_TRUNC
+#define	ORCLOSE	0
+
+#define RDNETIMEOUT	60
+#define WRNETIMEOUT	60
+
+#endif
+
+#define MIN(a,b)	((a<b)?a:b)
+
+#define	ACK(a)	write(a, "", 1)
+#define NAK(a)	write(a, "\001", 1)
+
+#define LPDAEMONLOG	"/tmp/lpdaemonl"
+
+#define LNBFSZ	4096
+char lnbuf[LNBFSZ];
+int dbgstate = 0;
+char *dbgstrings[] = {
+	"",
+	"rcvack1",
+	"send",
+	"rcvack2",
+	"response",
+	"done"
+};
+
+#ifdef plan9
+
+void
+error(int level, char *s1, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	long thetime;
+	char *chartime;
+	char *args[8];
+	int argno = 0;
+
+	if (level == 0) {
+		time(&thetime);
+		chartime = ctime(thetime);
+		fprint(stderr, "%.15s ", &(chartime[4]));
+	}
+	va_start(ap, s1);
+	while(args[argno++] = va_arg(ap, char*));
+	va_end(ap);
+	fprint(stderr, s1, *args);
+	return;
+}
+
+int
+alarmhandler(void *foo, char *note) {
+	USED(foo);
+	if(strcmp(note, "alarm")==0) {
+		fprint(stderr, "alarm at %d - %s\n", dbgstate, dbgstrings[dbgstate]);
+		return(1);
+	} else return(0);
+}
+
+#else
+
+void
+error(int level, char *s1, ...)
+{
+	time_t thetime;
+	char *chartime;
+
+	if (level == 0) {
+		time(&thetime);
+		chartime = ctime(&thetime);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%.15s ", &(chartime[4]));
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr, s1, (&s1+1));
+	return;
+}
+
+void
+alarmhandler() {
+	fprintf(stderr, "alarm at %d - %s\n", dbgstate, dbgstrings[dbgstate]);
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/* get a line from inpfd using nonbuffered input.  The line is truncated if it is too
+ * long for the buffer.  The result is left in lnbuf and the number of characters
+ * read in is returned.
+ */
+int
+readline(int inpfd)
+{
+	register char *ap;
+	register int i;
+
+	ap = lnbuf;
+	i = 0;
+	do {
+		if (read(inpfd, ap, 1) != 1) {
+			error(0, "read error in readline, fd=%d\n", inpfd);
+			break;
+		}
+	} while ((++i < LNBFSZ - 2) && *ap++ != '\n');
+	if (i == LNBFSZ - 2) {
+		*ap = '\n';
+		i++;
+	}
+	*ap = '\0';
+	return(i);
+}
+
+#define	RDSIZE 512
+char jobbuf[RDSIZE];
+
+int
+pass(int inpfd, int outfd, int bsize)
+{
+	int bcnt = 0;
+	int rv = 0;
+
+	for(bcnt=bsize; bcnt > 0; bcnt -= rv) {
+		alarm(WRNETIMEOUT);	/* to break hanging */
+		if((rv=read(inpfd, jobbuf, MIN(bcnt,RDSIZE))) < 0) {
+			error(0, "read error during pass, %d remaining\n", bcnt);
+			break;
+		} else if((write(outfd, jobbuf, rv)) != rv) {
+			error(0, "write error during pass, %d remaining\n", bcnt);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	alarm(0);
+	return(bcnt);
+}
+	
+/* get whatever stdin has and put it into the temporary file.
+ * return the file size.
+ */
+int
+prereadfile(int inpfd)
+{
+	int rv, bsize;
+
+	bsize = 0;
+	do {
+		if((rv=read(0, jobbuf, RDSIZE))<0) {
+			error(0, "read error while making temp file\n");
+			exits("read error while making temp file");
+		} else if((write(inpfd, jobbuf, rv)) != rv) {
+			error(0, "write error while making temp file\n");
+			exits("write error while making temp file");
+		}
+		bsize += rv;
+	} while (rv!=0);
+	return(bsize);
+}
+
+int
+tempfile(void)
+{
+	static int tindx = 0;
+	char tmpf[20];
+	int tmpfd;
+
+	sprint(tmpf, "/var/tmp/lp%d.%d", getpid(), tindx++);
+	if((tmpfd=create(tmpf,
+
+#ifdef plan9
+
+						ORDWR|OTRUNC,
+
+#endif
+
+												0666)) < 0) {
+		error(0, "cannot create temp file %s\n", tmpf);
+		exits("cannot create temp file");
+	}
+	close(tmpfd);
+	if((tmpfd=open(tmpf, ORDWR
+
+#ifdef plan9
+
+						|ORCLOSE|OTRUNC
+
+#endif
+
+									)) < 0) {
+		error(0, "cannot open temp file %s\n", tmpf);
+		exits("cannot open temp file");
+	}
+	return(tmpfd);
+}
+
+int
+recvACK(int netfd)
+{
+	int rv;
+
+	*jobbuf = '\0';
+	alarm(RDNETIMEOUT);
+	if (read(netfd, jobbuf, 1)!=1 || *jobbuf!='\0') {
+		error(0, "failed to receive ACK, ");
+		if (*jobbuf == '\0')
+			error(1, "read failed\n");
+		else
+			error(1, "received <0x%x> instead\n", *jobbuf);
+		rv = 0;
+	} else rv = 1;
+	alarm(0);
+	return(rv);
+}
+
+void
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	char *devdir;
+	int i, rv, netfd, bsize;
+	int datafd;
+
+#ifndef plan9
+
+	void (*oldhandler)();
+
+#endif
+
+	devdir = nil;
+	/* make connection */
+	if (argc != 2) {
+		fprint(stderr, "usage: %s network!destination!service\n", argv[0]);
+		exits("incorrect number of arguments");
+	}
+
+	/* read options line from stdin into lnbuf */
+	i = readline(0);
+
+	/* read stdin into tempfile to get size */
+	datafd = tempfile();
+	bsize = prereadfile(datafd);
+
+	/* network connection is opened after data is in to avoid timeout */
+	if ((netfd=dial(argv[1], 0, 0, 0)) < 0) {
+		fprint(stderr, "dialing %s\n", devdir);
+		perror("dial");
+		exits("can't dial");
+	}
+
+	/* write out the options we read above */
+	if (write(netfd, lnbuf, i) != i) {
+		error(0, "write error while sending options\n");
+		exits("write error while sending options");
+	}
+
+	/* send the size of the file to be sent */
+	sprint(lnbuf, "%d\n", bsize);
+	i = strlen(lnbuf);
+	if ((rv=write(netfd, lnbuf, i)) != i) {
+		perror("write error while sending size");
+		error(0, "write returned %d\n", rv);
+		exits("write error while sending size");
+	}
+
+	if (seek(datafd, 0L, 0) < 0) {
+		error(0, "error seeking temp file\n");
+		exits("seek error");
+	}
+	/* mirror performance in readfile() in lpdaemon */
+
+#ifdef plan9
+
+	atnotify(alarmhandler, 1);
+
+#else
+
+	oldhandler = signal(SIGALRM, alarmhandler);
+
+#endif
+
+	dbgstate = 1;
+	if(!recvACK(netfd)) {
+		error(0, "failed to receive ACK before sending data\n");
+		exits("recv ack1 failed");
+	}
+	dbgstate = 2;
+	if ((i=pass(datafd, netfd, bsize)) != 0) {
+		NAK(netfd);
+		error(0, "failed to send %d bytes\n", i);
+		exits("send data failed");
+	}
+	ACK(netfd);
+	dbgstate = 3;
+	if(!recvACK(netfd)) {
+		error(0, "failed to receive ACK after sending data\n");
+		exits("recv ack2 failed");
+	}
+
+	/* get response, as from lp -q */
+	dbgstate = 4;
+	while((rv=read(netfd, jobbuf, RDSIZE)) > 0) {
+		if((write(1, jobbuf, rv)) != rv) {
+			error(0, "write error while sending to stdout\n");
+			exits("write error while sending to stdout");
+		}
+	}
+	dbgstate = 5;
+
+#ifdef plan9
+
+	atnotify(alarmhandler, 0);
+	/* close down network connections and go away */
+	exits("");
+
+#else
+
+	signal(SIGALRM, oldhandler);
+	exit(0);
+
+#endif
+
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/lp/lpsend.rc b/src/cmd/lp/lpsend.rc
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..74806cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/lp/lpsend.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/rc
+if (! ~ $DEBUG '') { flag x + }
+if (test -e /net/tcp/clone) {
+	dialstring=`{ndb/query sys $1 dom}
+	network=tcp
+	if (~ $#dialstring 0 || ! ~ $dialstring '') {
+		dialstring=$1
+	}
+	if(lpsend $network^!^$dialstring^!printer) exit ''
+	rv='tcp failed'
+}
+if not rv='no tcp'
+
+
+if (! ~ $dialstring '')
+	exit 'lpsend: no dialstring'
+if not
+	exit 'lpsend: '^$rv
diff --git a/src/cmd/lp/mkfile b/src/cmd/lp/mkfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7400e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/lp/mkfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<$PLAN9/src/mkhdr
+
+TARG=\
+	lpdsend \
+	lpsend \
+	LOCK \
+	lpdaemon
+
+OFILES=
+
+HFILES=
+
+BIN=$PLAN9/lp/bin
+<$PLAN9/src/mkmany
+CFLAGS=-Dplan9
+
+install:V:	$PLAN9/lp/bin/lpsend.rc $PLAN9/bin/lp
+
+$PLAN9/lp/bin/lpsend.rc:	lpsend.rc
+	cp $prereq $target
+
+lpdsend.$O:	lpdsend.c
+	$CC $CFLAGS -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_BSD_EXTENSION -D_NET_EXTENSION -DPLAN9 -'DMAXHOSTNAMELEN=64' lpdsend.c
+
+lpdaemon.$O:	lpdaemon.c
+	$CC $CFLAGS -D_POSIX_SOURCE -DPLAN9  lpdaemon.c
+
+$PLAN9/bin/lp:	lp.rc
+	cp $prereq $target
+