I've posted this before, but I'll try again. > 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?
>From the /etc/magicfilter I can type ./beeper-filter and I get the expect output of "test". But if I try to send something to the printer, it acts like the if filter (which as you can see is a perl script) is never called. My spool directory then shows 4 files: beeper, control.beeper, status.beeper, and unspooler.beeper. Shouldn't the "lp=/dev/null" cause the spooler to "print" to la-la land? Shouldn't the if script be printing "test"? Shouldn't the spool directory then empty itself since the job has been "printed" to null? What I'm trying to do is capture a printjob to an email message. I've gotten several replies to this before, but none specific enough to a dewbie such as myself. However, for now, I'd be content just to get the print job to print "test", and worry about the mail message later. Thanks!
