I'm trying to use a router script to filter out bsize (ledger) print
jobs and route them to a single printer instead of to the gang of
printers.
We want to have multiple input queues which get fed into a single
routing queue. Most jobs will be routed to cae-170-gang, which load
balances to cae-1, cae-2, and cae-3. If a job is bsize, it should be
redirected to cae-3, bypassing the cae-170-gang. Here's a pretty ASCII
picture...
cae-170-laser ---\ /--> cae-1
cae-170-duplex -----> cae-170-router ---> cae-170-gang ---> cae-2
cae-170-bsize ---/ \-----------------\--> cae-3
This seems fairly simple. All the documentation and mailing list
responses I've read say 'Just make a script...' Unfortunately, that
isn't working.
Here is my printcap:
-- snip --
.common
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P
:queue_lock_file=/var/spool/lpd/%P/%P.lock
:full_time
:safe_chars=\\#"?
:ignore_requested_user_priority
:break_classname_priority_link
.router
:lpd_bounce
:lp=/dev/null
cae-170-router
:tc=.common
:tc=.router
:destinations=cae-170-gang,cae-3
:router=/opt/printserver/CAE/router
-- snip --
The router is a simple shell script (very simplified for testing):
-- snip --
#!/bin/sh
cat <<EOF
dest cae-170-gang
end
EOF
-- snip --
I have tried setting up the cae-170-router entry without any :tc=
entries, but the result is the same. The jobs enter the cae-170-router
queue, but never get forwarded to their proper destination
(cae-170-gang).
As I said, I have looked at many different people's solutions, but none
of them work for me. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
--
Jeremy Baumgartner - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CAE UNIX Systems Staff
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by
definition, not smart enough to debug it."
- Brian W. Kernighan
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