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Date:      Tue, 11 Apr 2000 21:37:11 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
To:        aa8vb@ipass.net (Randall Hopper)
Cc:        trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: lpd hangs up -- Any advice?
Message-ID:  <200004120437.VAA07595@freeway.dcfinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000411192431.A1745@ipass.net> from Randall Hopper at "Apr 11, 0 07:24:31 pm"

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As I recall, Randall Hopper wrote:
> The man page is clearly misleading on this issue:
> 
>      if         str       NULL                   name of text filter which
>                                                  does accounting
>      of         str       NULL                   name of output filtering
>                                                  program
> 
> What I wanted to do has nothing to do with accounting.  And from their
> names ("input filter" and "output filter") either sounds appropriate.  

Yes, but keep reading.   :-)

Also from the man page:
+---------------
| If no if is specified, of is used instead, with the distinction that
| of is opened only once, while if is opened for every individual job.
| Thus, if is better suited to performing accounting.  The of is only
| given the width and length flags.
+---------------

> Thanks a bunch!
>
> Randall

        -crl
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