I'm trying to better my understanding of how lprng/printcap works.
I've got an /etc/printcap entry that looks like:
lp
:lp=/dev/null
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj3-remote
:sh
:pw#80
:pl#66
:px#1440
:mx#0
:if=/usr/bin/test
:af=/var/spool/lpd/hplj3-remote/acct
:lf=/var/log/lp-errs
The contents of /usr/bin/test are:
#!/bin/bash
echo "Here it is"
and the file permissions on /usr/bin/test are:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 daemon
lp
55 Nov 26 13:41 /usr/bin/test
I can manually run /usr/bin/test and get the "Here it is" message, but
when I try to "print" something, with a command like "lp /etc/printcap",
/usr/bin/test appears not to run. (I realize this has no relevance to
actual printing, but like I say, I'm trying to figure out how things work.)
Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?
Thanks!
Kent
