On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:13:20 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-04-04 05:57, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >> we can use whichever best suits our needs. > > Right. > > But, absent old or cross-platform scripts which need to run on both > Linux and BSD, what *benefit* does lpr have over lp? In todays systems I fail to see a clear difference on both :-? This article may help: *** 8.17 Printing Protocols (lpr and lp) http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/networking/firewall/ch08_17.htm The System V lp printing system doesn't really have a remote printing component. When it does remote printing, it usually does it by handing the job off to a BSD lpr printing system, or by using the BSD rsh command (which is often called remsh on System V systems, because such systems have another program called rsh that does something else entirely). *** Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
