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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:30:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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To: Jason Chang <jschang@csie.nctu.edu.tw>
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Subject: Re: (fwd) cannot create /var/spool/output/lpd/.seq
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On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Jason Chang wrote:

> I got this error message: cannot create /var/spool/output/lpd/.seq 
> everything I execute lpr.
> 
> Would somebody please give me a hand?

Try removing the file. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major