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Date:      Tue, 24 Nov 1998 14:51:07 -0500 (EST)
From:      Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
To:        Andy McConnell <andym@ntt.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: /etc/printcap doesn't work as advertised - Can't remove bane
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981124145107.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95LJ1.1b3.981124114458.4173S-100000@dukat.noc.cup.ndp.net>

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Perhaps the remote printer doesn't have the :sh: capability?

My remote printcap entry does not have it, but at the remote side, it does.

Patrick

On 24-Nov-98 Andy McConnell wrote:
> OK....
> 
> Tried that(:sh:\ on its own line), killed the lpd process, and restarted
> it (by hand). Still no success. 
> 
> Could it be something related to the remote printer?  I didn't think so,
> because lpr -h works successfully.  Any more ideas?
> 
> -Andy
> 
> On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Patrick Gardella wrote:
> 
>>
>>On 24-Nov-98 Andy McConnell wrote:
>>> lp|printer:\
>>>         :sh:rm=printer.noc.cup.ndp.net:\
>>>         :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\
>>>         :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>>> 
>>
>>Try it as:
>> lp|printer:\
>>         :sh::rm=printer.noc.cup.ndp.net:\
>>         :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\
>>         :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>>
>>or 
>> lp|printer:\
>>         :sh:\
>>         :rm=printer.noc.cup.ndp.net:\
>>         :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\
>>         :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>>
>>
>>Patrick
>>
>>---
>>Patrick S. Gardella                    Director of Web Development 
>>The Creative Group    1-800-804-0783 ext 29     606-858-8029 (fax)    
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>>
> 
> --
> Andy McConnell      真向練 安堵龍
> NTT America IP Headquarters
> 
> Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.

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Patrick S. Gardella                    Director of Web Development 
The Creative Group    1-800-804-0783 ext 29     606-858-8029 (fax)    
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