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Re: [BL] Doctor Linux: The Complete Linux Reference

From: ichi AT actrix.co.nz
To: 71cm-s9q8 AT dea.spamcon.org
Cc: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] Doctor Linux: The Complete Linux Reference
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:26:05 +1300

Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> > > gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=deskjet -sOutputFile=}lpr thesis.ps
>
> Change { to | - my typo.
>
> > > cat thesis.txt | lpr to print text
> >
> > For that to print, lpd must be running.
>
> Do I need lpd running to do the line with gs too?

You mean the one that pipes to lpr?
lpr is the frontend for lpd.

Cheers,
Steven

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