On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 03:46:46 Anant Narayanan wrote: > How about simply: > > $ echo "print <printing-options> <printer-options>" > /printers/ctl > $ cat myfile > /printers/data > > Skipping either the printing/printer options while writing to ctl > will result in default options being applied. > > -- > Anant
That's only good for single machine/single user setup. If you have more than one person/program trying to print to different printers/options, you would get mixed results. Picture a second print job starting in between the write to /printers/ctl and /printers/data, and you'll see the difficulties in keeping it all together. Lucas -- Modern man is the missing link between apes and human beings.
