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From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Printcap filters question
Date: 22 Jul 1995 15:49:59 +0200
Organization: dis-
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References: <3u0hjg$j0g@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <id.CUJL1.3N2@nmti.com> <3uljru$dpo@msunews.cl.msu.edu>
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behrooz@egr.msu.edu (uid no access) writes:
>In article <id.CUJL1.3N2@nmti.com> peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>What I do in this case is set up a local printer to /dev/null, with a
>>filter program that feeds the file to the remote printer after whatever
>>massaging is necessary.
> But aren't filters ignored when you have a :rm and :rp?
With BSD this is true.
BTW, using /dev/null has problems as the printer daemon locks the
output stream. And having /dev/null locked isn't something you want :)
I first used clones of /dev/null (created with mknod). But since you
do not write anything to the stream anyway I now use a file in the
spool area.
Regards,
--
Michael van Elst
Internet: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
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