Re: exim and printer answers
--- Carel Fellinger <cfelling@iae.nl> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:53:30AM -0800, paul
> wrote:
> Remember those
>
> # cat <<EOF >/dev/lp0
> a single line
> an other line
> EOF
This command works
> tests? There the cat command was reading its input
> from the terminal.
> So you had to type all four lines. Same here. Try:
>
> # lpr <<EOF
> a single line
> an other line
> EOF
This command does not work
> > whereis says lpr is in /usr/sbin/lpr
>
> whereis and type are quite similar commands, so this
> tells us that
> you do have the lpr command. So to print you'll
> have to use `lpr'.
>
>
> > whereis says lp is not there (actually its says
> > nothing)
>
> But you don't have the lp command. Both are quite
> similar, you need
> only one, and which one is on your system depends on
> the printer
> package you selected. In your case its the package
> lpr, and that
> provides the command lpr.
>
> > I take it that magicfilter and the restoration of
> the
> > 3 files is ok.
>
> So your printer is working now?
NO it is not working
Did you try that > magical magicfilter
> incantation I spelled out in a previous post?
Alas, the incantation did not work
error message is no such file or directory. But is
visable in joe and vi
Thanks for your patience and your help.
paul
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