Perhaps there are some invisible spaces after some of the backslashes?
Kees Jan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: dinsdag 16 mei 2000 20:39
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: smb printer trouble
>
>
> I wrote a simple filter to print to an nt print queue through
> the smbclinet. It tests to see if the file is postscript or
> text, and if it is text it sends a control code to tell the
> printer to do the lf->crlf conversion.
>
> My problem is that the '\' escapes in the first line get clobbered.
> for example, if I print this printcap:
>
> **** begin printcap ****
> lp:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd/lp:\
> :lf=/var/log/lpd/lpd.log:
>
> lplaser:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/null:\
> :if=/root/filters/smb-filter:\
> :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd/lplaser:\
> :lf=/var/log/lpd/lpd.log:
> **** end printap ****
>
> the entire entry for "lp" will be on one line, but the "lplaser"
> entry will print out like it is supposed to.
>
> I know why it is doing it, however I don't know how to fix it. Any
> help will be appreciated (script is below).
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
> **** begin smb-filter ****
> #!/bin/sh
> ####
> # Input filter to print to a NT print queue, requires smbclient.
> #
> # Author: James Halstead, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> #
> # Read stdin to a temp, make sure to determine the print
> type, then use
> # smbclient to print to the nt queue.
> ####
>
> SERVER=<SERVER NAME>
> PRINTER=cw<PRINTER NAME>
> TEMP=/tmp/smbprint
>
> TEMP=`mktemp -q $TEMP.XXXXXX`
>
> read firstline
> first_two=`expr "$firstline" : '\(..\)'`
>
> if [ "$first_two" != "%!" ]; then
> printf "\033&k3G" > $TEMP
> fi
>
> #lets see, copy the firstline to temp, cat the rest to the temp,
> # make one ugly command to print the file to the smb printer then
> # rm the temp file.
>
> echo "$firstline" >> $TEMP && cat >> $TEMP &&\
> /usr/local/bin/smbclient \\\\$SERVER\\$PRINTER -UGUEST -N\
> -c"print $TEMP" &&\
> rm -f $TEMP >/dev/null && exit 0
>
> exit 1
> **** end smb-filter ****
>
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