Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 18:46:15 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4 quickies (hopefully) Message-ID: <9507170046.AA23959@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950716185344.27767A-100000@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> (message from Joseph Steinberg on Sun, 16 Jul 1995 18:56:27 -0400 (EDT))
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>>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph Steinberg <steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> writes:
Joseph> The file that you gave me causes the printer to get stuck
Joseph> in an endless loop -- saying that there is some error with
Joseph> cat...
Oh, bloody hell. Okay, try this, put
:if=/tmp/blah:
in /etc/printcap, then make the file /tmp/blah; put these lines into it:
----
#!/bin/sh
exec 3>&1
exec cat 2>&1 1>&3 | logger -p lpr.emerg
----
Then, chmod 755 /tmp/blah.
Then, try lpr. Let me know what error messages show up all over the
place. For now, also put your HP into PostScript-only mode so we'll
save on paper.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA
If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and your
friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to
pretend you were swimming. -- Jack Handey
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