rm seems to work. Seriously, I have this same problem on some of my print to file queues, but not others. I don't know why this happens. Is this a real problem for you or just an annoyance?
Joel On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:43:45PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Joel Hammer wrote: > > > No expert here but: > > I assume that open office will create the ps or pdf file. You just need a > > raw filter that will dump to to a file? > > > > This is what I use to print a text version to a file: > > > > In /etc/printcap: > > > > > > text:\ > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/text:\ > > mx#0:\ > > :lp=/var/spool/lpd/text/textprint:\ > > :if=/var/spool/lpd/text/filter:\ > > :sh: > > > > Now, note I have a "if" parameter. This filter converts ps and pdf > > files to text. You would leave that out. If for some reason you have > > to have a dummy filter, "cat" may be all you need in a shell script. > > The file in "lp" needs to be permissive for the printer daemon. Putting > > it in the spool directory and running checkpc -f takes care of that but > > if you use /tmp or other location you may have permissions problems, > > which are easy to solve. > > Thanks a lot, I've created a spool directory /var/spool/lpd/file for it. > I fixed the permissions and it printed ok to the specified file, however > the job hanged somehow in the queue. The files, that are normally sent to > the printer and then cleaned, were still there (named h*, c*, f*). > > Could you point out how to get rid of them ? > > Regards > Tomas > > E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
