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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7494 ; Fri, 22 Jan 93 11:45:42 EST Xref: sserve comp.org.sug:626 comp.org.usenix:3170 comp.unix.wizards:28312 comp.unix.bsd:10286 Newsgroups: comp.org.sug,comp.org.usenix,comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.bsd,news.sys-admin Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!kronos.arc.nasa.gov!butch!netcomsv!netcom.com!bitbug From: bitbug@netcom.com (James Buster) Subject: Re: IMPORTANT: POSIX threatens our use of lp/lpr and friends Message-ID: <1993Jan21.192822.7976@netcom.com> Organization: Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc. References: <C15sst.JqA@ra.nrl.navy.mil> <1993Jan21.124947.8297@csc.ti.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:28:22 GMT Lines: 7 My question is, why not standardize a general-purpose batch and queueing mechanism that happens to work for print spooling than just specify a print spooler? This seems to me much more useful and elegant than the current 1003.7 effort. -- James Buster bitbug@netcom.com