On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 01:02:41PM -0500, Larry Irwin wrote:
> Could you do something as simple as:
> cat - > /dev/lp0
> ?

Well, yes this works for line at a time.

It doesn't work for character at a time

It doesn't, by itself, lock /dev/lp0 so that lpd waits.

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Anyway, I don't want to bug people with "how can I write an app that
does this" since I can poke away at it.

I was just interested in if anybody knew of an off-the-shelf answer.

It would appear that there isn't.

Thanks all,

Doug.


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