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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:36:13 +1200
From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
To: David Banning <david@banning.com>
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Bad system call - workaround help needed
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On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 01:19:35PM -0500, David Banning wrote:
> This SCO program I am running allows me to pipe my reports out to
> any program. I have to compile it into the database code, which is not
> open.  I am piping to a printer but the program crashes.  
> 
> It works fine if I just pipe it to a shell script like this one;
> 
> cat $1 > ~/printfile
> 
> Then I can go "cat ~/printfile | lp -dlj -s"
> and it prints fine.
> 
> But for some strange reason, if I expand the program to
> 
> cat $1 > ~/printfile
> cat ~/printfile | lp -dlj -s
> 
> the program crashes,
> with bad system call - signal 12

If you're using "~/printfile", it appears you're using the csh, how
about seeing whether it works with /bin/sh?

ie:
	#!/bin/sh
	cat $1 > /tmp/printfile
	cat /tmp/printfile | lp -dlj -s

or even shorten it to:

	#!/bin/sh
	lp -dlj -s

-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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