> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 17 19:42:15 2000
> From: "Blom, Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: LPRng: lpq hangs system
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:59:18 +0930
>
> Gidday all,
> This message consitutes a bug report and a question. First the bug??
>
> I have a need to be able to spool directories into a specific location for
> another application to pick them up and deal with them.
>
> I thought, simple. Just create a printer that goes nowhere but has a spool
> directory.
>
> This I created.
>
> lp2:\
> :lp=:\
> :sd=/usr/data:
>
> Ran checkpc -f (no errors)
> ran lpq -Plp2
> The system stopped!!
>
Actually, it was working REALLY REALLY hard.
It was in a loop sending status requests to itself.
I think this might be fixed in the latest release - you can try it
and see.
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D,
Network and System San Diego, CA 92123
Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.astart.com)
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