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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7533 ; Fri, 22 Jan 93 15:00:30 EST Xref: sserve comp.org.sug:628 comp.org.usenix:3173 comp.unix.wizards:28317 comp.unix.bsd:10296 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!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!eos!data.nas.nasa.gov!wilbur.nas.nasa.gov!tweten From: tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) Subject: Re: IMPORTANT: POSIX threatens our use of lp/lpr and friends References: <C15sst.JqA@ra.nrl.navy.mil> <1993Jan21.124947.8297@csc.ti.com> <1993Jan21.192822.7976@netcom.com> Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator) Organization: NAS Systems Division, NASA Ames Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 22:28:20 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan21.222820.19606@nas.nasa.gov> Lines: 12 In article <1993Jan21.192822.7976@netcom.com> bitbug@netcom.com (James Buster) writes: >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. That is, in fact, one way to look at the 1003.15 effort, currently in ballot. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Tweten tweten@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 258-5 (415) 604-4416 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 FAX: (415) 604-4377