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 > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060507/87c7fd2c/attachment-0005.sig>