On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 04:01:02PM -0500, Sam Warren wrote:
> I was trying to implement PrintBill and found that it didn't work due to
> the fact that PrintBill looks for control files, which LPRng no longer
> uses. Is there a workaround that anyone knows of? Thanks!
>
> Sam Warren, Jr.
> Computer Analyst
> Winnebago Industries
> 641-585-3535 x7785
>
Yes there is.
The hold file contains all of the control file data,
together with statistics and other stuff you might want.
If you have a pointer to the PrintBill code, I might be able to
make a quick suggestion.
I had a stupid simple perl script that converts the hold file
information to a classical control file. If you want, I can
dig it up.
It was something like:
my $cf = "";
my $all_info = {};
while( <> ){
my($key,$value) = split('=',$_,2);
$all_info->{$key} = $value;
if( $key =~ /[A-Z]/ ){
$cf . = "$key$value";
} elsif( $key eq 'hfdatafiles' ){
# if you want the data file
my @files = split( "\001", $_ );
foreach my $line (@files) {
my $info = {};
foreach my $kv (split("\002",$line) ){
my($key,$value) = split( '=',$kv, 2);
$info->{$key} = $value;
}
# now you can get the various key and values for the data
files.
$cf.= 'N'.$info->{N} if $info->{N};
my $copies = $info->{copies};
for( my $i = 0; $i < $copies; ++$i ){
$cf.= $info->{format}.$info->{transfername}."\n";
}
}
}
}
# - here is the hold file
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
C=A
cftransfername=cfA558h110.private
copy_done=0x1
D=2004-06-28-15:51:09.827
datafile_count=1
done_time=0x40e0a0e7
file_hostname=h110.private
filenames=/tmp/hi
H=h110.private
held=0x0
hf_name=hfA558
hfdatafiles=copies=0x1dftransfername=dfA558h110.privateformat=fN=/tmp/hisize=3
hold_class=0x0
hold_time=0x0
J=/tmp/hi
job_time=0x40e0a0dd
job_time_usec=0xcb0d7
L=papowell
number=558
P=papowell
printable=0x1
priority=A
Q=t1
remotehost=localhost.private
remoteport=0x0
remove_time=0x40e0a0e7
server=0
size=3 <- this is the 'real' job size, i.e. copies * file size.
start_time=0x40e0a0dd
unixsocket=0x1
update_time=2004-06-28-15:51:19.918
Z=list=3
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