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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!n3ott.istar!ott.istar!istar.net!n1van.istar!van.istar!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!news.sfu.ca!freud.psyc.sfu.ca!blackw From: blackw@sfu.ca (Richard Blackwell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: printcap problem - lpd ignoring settings(?) Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 15:51:49 UNDEFINED Organization: Simon Fraser University Lines: 48 Distribution: world Message-ID: <blackw.9.00462A9F@sfu.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: freud.psyc.sfu.ca Keywords: unix printcap X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] This is quite possibly a newbie question... I'm running FreeBSD-2.1.0-RELEASE on a P75 w/16M RAM. I have attached a dot-matrix printer to lpt0. The problem I am having is that the lpd seems to be ignoring the "suppress header" and "text filter" options in my /etc/printcap. Here's the file: # @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90 # # Last modified 05/24/96 - RDB lp|line printer:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/testif:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :lo=/var/spool/lpd/lp/lock:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: The text filter (/usr/local/libexec/testif) is as follows: #!/bin/sh (/bin/echo "*** TEXT FILTER HEADER ***" && /bin/cat) && exit 0 exit 2 When I issue the command: lpr /etc/printcap I get a copy of the printcap file WITH a burst page, and WITHOUT the text filter header. However, if I issue the command: cat /etc/printcap | /usr/local/libexec/testif I get the printcap file immediately following "*** TEXT FILTER HEADER ***". Any suggestion as to what may be causing lpd to ignore the settings would be appreciated. TIA. Richard Blackwell Department of Psychology Simon Fraser University blackw@sfu.ca