> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Oct 16 12:45:15 2000 > Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:25:40 -0400 (EDT) > From: Mike Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LPRng: spool-only dummy printer > > I'm quite niew to LPRng so I don't know if this is possible. > > I would like to have a printcap entry that simply puts the spool files > (cf* and df*) into a specific directory. Another program already running > will look for the cf* files and process the job itself. > > My current printcap entry for spool-only dummy printer works (almost...) > myprinter: > :lp=/var/spool/myprinter > :sd=/var/spool/myprinter > (with spooling enabled and printing disabled) > > # lpc status > Printer Printing Spooling Jobs Server Subserver Redirect > Status/(Debug) > myprinter@myhost disabled enabled 0 none none > > As jobs are sent there are hfA* files created and not removed. > # ls -l /var/spool/myprinter > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 0 Oct 12 14:45 acct > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 65 Oct 12 14:50 control.myprinter > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 349 Oct 16 10:18 hfA247 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 371 Oct 16 10:19 hfA248 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 372 Oct 16 09:42 hfA580 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 366 Oct 16 13:09 hfA581 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 365 Oct 16 13:09 hfA582 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 365 Oct 16 13:09 hfA583 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 365 Oct 16 13:09 hfA584 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 366 Oct 16 13:39 hfA585 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 365 Oct 16 13:59 hfA586 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 366 Oct 16 13:59 hfA587 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 0 Oct 12 14:45 log > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 25 Oct 13 14:11 lpq.0 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 94 Oct 12 18:54 lpq.1 > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 0 Oct 12 14:45 status > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 0 Oct 12 14:45 status.myprinter > -rw------- 1 daemon daemon 0 Oct 16 13:59 myprinter > > I don't care if LPRng thinks the jobs are unprinted (listed with lpq) or > if LPRng thinks the jobs are immediately printed. > > I need a way to stop hfA* files from being created so I won't have to > monitor the filesystem usage. > > Any suggestions would be great. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Hurst Systems Support Specialist > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineering Computing > (519) 888-4567 ext.6146 University of Waterloo Use: lpc stop To stop processing. Then your other application can remove them. Since you are processing the jobs 'separately' then you must be 'removing' them as well. I leave it as an exercise to remove the hold file as well. Patrick ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
