> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 29 08:11:35 2003
> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:56:57 -0600
> From: Jeremy Baumgartner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: Problem with routing scripts
>
> 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
Try adding a printcap entry for the cae-170-gang printer OR
use '[EMAIL PROTECTED]':
cae-170-gang:
:tc=.common
:lp=/dev/null
OR:
#!/bin/sh
cat <<EOF
dest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
end
> -- 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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