The following options are recognized by ipptool:
--help
Shows program help.
--ippserver
filename
Specifies that the test results should be written to the
named ippserver
attributes file.
--stop-after-include-error
Tells ipptool
to stop if an error occurs in an included
file. Normally ipptool
will continue with subsequent tests
after the INCLUDE directive.
--version
Shows the version of ipptool
being used.
-4
Specifies that ipptool
must connect to the printer or server
using IPv4.
-6
Specifies that ipptool
must connect to the printer or server
using IPv6.
-C
Specifies that requests should be sent using the HTTP/1.1
"Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header, which is required for
conformance by all versions of IPP. The default is to use
"Transfer-Encoding: chunked" for requests with attached
files and "Content-Length:" for requests without attached
files.
-E
Forces TLS encryption when connecting to the server using
the HTTP "Upgrade" header.
-I
Specifies that ipptool
will continue past errors.
-L
Specifies that requests should be sent using the HTTP/1.0
"Content-Length:" header, which is required for conformance
by all versions of IPP. The default is to use
"Transfer-Encoding: chunked" for requests with attached
files and "Content-Length:" for requests without attached
files.
-P
filename.plist
Specifies that the test results should be written to the
named XML (Apple plist) file in addition to the regular test
report (-t
). This option is incompatible with the -i
(interval) and -n
(repeat-count) options.
-R
Retries tests when the "server-error-busy" status code is
returned.
-S
Forces (dedicated) TLS encryption when connecting to the
server.
-T
seconds
Specifies a timeout for IPP requests in seconds.
-V
version
Specifies the default IPP version to use: 1.0, 1.1, 2.0,
2.1, or 2.2. If not specified, version 1.1 is used.
-X
Specifies that XML (Apple plist) output is desired instead
of the plain text report. This option is incompatible with
the -i
(interval) and -n
(repeat-count) options.
-c
Specifies that CSV (comma-separated values) output is
desired instead of the plain text output.
-d
name=value
Defines the named variable.
-f
filename
Defines the default request filename for tests.
-h
Validate HTTP response headers.
-i
seconds
Specifies that the (last) testfile should be repeated at the
specified interval. This option is incompatible with the -X
(XML plist output) option.
-l
Specifies that plain text output is desired.
-n
repeat-count
Specifies that the (last) testfile should be repeated the
specified number of times. This option is incompatible with
the -X (XML plist output) option.
-q
Be quiet and produce no output.
-t
Specifies that CUPS test report output is desired instead of
the plain text output.
-v
Specifies that all request and response attributes should be
output in CUPS test mode (-t
). This is the default for XML
output.