7 May
2006
7 May
'06
11:43 p.m.
On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 15:55 -0400, R P Herrold wrote:
On Sat, 6 May 2006, William L. Maltby wrote:
cat xxx.png | lpr
Try "lpr <filename>"
Avoids the process for a filter (cat) which is doing nothing for you.
While this is true in Centos, if one moves between *nix implementations, it is an unsafe habit to have (using lpr directly), as in early Unix implementations, lpr is occasionally set to _delete_ the file it has just completed printing.
I consider those broken. If there is doubt, a test or review of the docs should let one know. Anyway, no one cares about those "subtleties" anymore. I know I'm pissing in the wind when I bring up stuff like that.
-- Russ Herrold
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Bill