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From: kelly@emu.fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: printer-logfile
Date: 7 Mar 1996 17:27:27 GMT
Organization: Forecast Systems Laboratory
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Message-ID: <4hn69v$ssa@peabody.colorado.edu>
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In article <313ECB57.6F5E@mpia-hd.mpg.de>,
Ulrich Hiller  <hiller@mpia-hd.mpg.de> wrote:
>is it possible to let all printer-jobs be listed in a logfile?
>The system is sunos4.1.3.

You bet.  That's what the `af' entry is for in /etc/printcap.
Basically, there are two steps.

First, insert the `af' entry and set it to the location of the log
file.

	eeep|lp|Apple LaserWriter II:\
		:af=/var/account/apple-acct:\
		...

Then, the system will start each filter with /var/account/apple-acct
as the last argument.  So, modify each filter to append information
about each job to that file.

For more information, see

	http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/printing.html

Don't let ``freebsd'' in that URL fool you---the spooler on SunOS
4.1.3 and FreeBSD is the same BSD spooler, so the most of the
information should be appropriate.

-- 
Sean Kelly                          
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory    kelly@fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder Colorado USA                http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/