> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 18 06:16:03 2000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:15:53 +0200 (MET DST)
> Subject: LPRNGLIST (Patrick - Sending to LPRng BB from non-list members)
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
>
> ---
>
> Subject: Bounce queues "bq_format"
>
> (1) I can not get "bq_format=<X>" to work. When a job is passed on
>     from a bounce queue, the next queue calls the "if=" filter even
>     though I have set "bq_format=d". Here is an example printcap :-
>
>       a
>               :lp=b@localhost
>               :sd=/var/spool/lpd/a
>               :lf=/var/spool/lpd/a/error.log
>
>       b
>               :sd=/var/spool/lpd/b
>               :lpd_bounce
>               :bq_format=d
>               :lp=c@<hostname>
>               :lf=/var/spool/lpd/b/error.log
>               :df=/LPDTESTING/queue_b_filter_d
>               :vf=/LPDTESTING/queue_b_filter_v
>               :db=1
>
>       c
>               :sd=/var/spool/lpd/c
>               :lp=/dev/null
>               :lf=/var/spool/lpd/c/error.log
>               :if=/LPDTESTING/queue_c_filter_i
>               :df=/LPDTESTING/queue_c_filter_d
>               :vf=/LPDTESTING/queue_c_filter_v
>               :db=1
>
>     The "queue_<x>_filter_<y>" filters simply create a file in /tmp
>     called "queue_<x>_filter_<y>.log" that contain the args to the
>     filter and copy stdin to stdout - this way it is simple to see
>     what filters have been called.
>
>     If I use the command :-
>
>       % lpr -Pa -v
>
>     then I can see, from the names of the logs in /tmp, that bounce
>     queue "b" has called the "vf=" filter (as expected), but the
>     final queue "c" has called the "if=" filter instead of the "df="
>     filter that I expected from the "bq_format=d" on the "b" queue.
>     Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug?

Bug!  Bug!

Fixed in the next release.

Patrick
>
>     From the debugging in the error log for bounce queue "b" I can
>     see that the control file initially contains the line :-
>
>       ...
>       vdfA254<hostname>
>       UdfA254<hostname>
>
>     but after the "vf=" filter has run it contains :-
>
>       ...
>       fdfA254<hostname>
>       UdfA254<hostname>
>
>     [We am using LPRng-3.6.24 on a Solaris 2.6 system]
>
> (2) I want to be able to run jobs through a bounce queue and leave
>     the format unchanged, or even better, for each format run a
>     filter and specify another format as its' output. I do not want
>     all the input formats to go through the bounce queue filters
>     and then be converted to a *single* format specified by
>     "bq_format=<X>". Is this possible - is there something other
>     than bounce queues to do this with?
>
>     I believe this is possible with PLP (which we still happily use)
>     as all queues will run filters, even if they are to forward a
>     file to a remote machine, and you can specify "Xf=filter,Y",
>     where 'Y' was the new format.
>
>     I have very good reasons for wanting to run filters on a local
>     server before forwarding them on to remote machines with possibly
>     changed format specifications.
>
> Thanks for your time
> Max
>
> PS. I am a member of the LPRng bulletin board list, so you can send
> answsers to the list.
>

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