Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
Hi list, "a2ps -P display .bashrc" yields: [.bashrc (plain): 2 pages on 2 sheets] sh: line 1: /tmp/a2_HSzrDm: Permission denied [Total: 2 pages on 2 sheets] sent to the printer `display' [2 lines wrapped] Using strace i found:[pid 8415] open("/tmp/a2_N4Fh2p", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 3and a bit later:[pid 8416] execve("/tmp/a2_N4Fh2p", ["/tmp/a2_N4Fh2p"], [/* 25 vars */]) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)Of course this cannot work because the exec bit is missing from the file. Is anybody else experiencing this? (Before trying, you have to fix /etc/a2ps.cfg):Variable: ghostview gv --antialias --arguments -dNOPLATFONTS Note the "--" (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=291749) I was not yet able to find this in the source to fix it myself. I use Debian sarge, a2ps 4.13b-4.3, kernel 2.6.11.11
I don't get that: Script started on Thu 16 Jun 2005 11:20:05 AM CDT hugo@debian: /home/hugo:hugo@debian:~$ a2ps -P display .bashrc [.bashrc (plain): 1 page on 1 sheet] gv: invalid option -- a Usage: gv [OPTION]... [FILE] PostScript and PDF viewer. --monochrome display document using only black and white <snip gv list of options> [Total: 1 page on 1 sheet] sent to the printer `display' <nothing shows anywhere> hugo@debian: /home/hugo:hugo@debian:~$ a2ps -V GNU a2ps 4.13 Written by Akim Demaille, Miguel Santana. Copyright (c) 1988-1993 Miguel Santana Copyright (c) 1995-2000 Akim Demaille, Miguel Santana This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Script done on Thu 16 Jun 2005 11:21:00 AM CDT I run 2.6.10 and upgraded Sarge H