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printcap rerouted filter



Maybe I just don't understand how printcap/lpc/filters work (very
likely).

I've got a printcap entry like this:

beeper:\
	:if=/etc/magicfilter/beeper-filter:\
	:lp=/dev/null:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/beeper:\

I've got a filter named beeper-filter that looks like this:
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "\ntest\n\n";

When I do a test print, such as
ls -l | lpr -Pbeeper

nothing happens that I can tell. The word "test" never shows up
anywhere.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?


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