Re: hptools and magicfilter

[Brian K Servis <servis@ecn.purdue.edu>]

Jens B. Jorgensen writes:
>
>Brian K Servis wrote:
>> 
>> Mario Filipe writes:
>> >
>> >
>  [ initial problem text removed ]
>> >
>> 
>> /usr/local/lib/magicfilter/econogsc:
>> #!/usr/bin/tcsh
>> # called as: econogsc <psfile>
>> # send hpset hp escape codes to a tmp file
>> /usr/local/bin/hpset -c econo >! /tmp/prt.$$
>> # append the ghostscript hp escape codes to that tmp file
>> /bin/cat $1 | /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -r300 -sDEVICE=cdj550 -sOutputFile=- - >> /tmp/prt.$$
>> # cat the tmp file to stdout
>> /bin/cat /tmp/prt.$$
>> # clean up
>> /bin/rm /tmp/prt.$$
>> 
>
>Why all the mess? Why not:
>
>#!/bin/sh
>/usr/local/bin/hpset -c econo
>/usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -r300 -sDEVICE=cdj550 -sOutputFile=- -
>                                                                     ^^^  
                                                               You forgot
                                                                  this.
   
Because it worked and that is all that I cared at the time.  Besides,
I wasn't sure if the stdout's and stdin's would get put together,
mixed up or whatever.

Thanks for the tip.  I tried it and it works.

Brian 
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