On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Sean /The RIMBoy/ wrote:
> ls -la | grep /dev/printer
>
> and see what it returns. If it returns
>
> /dev/printer blah blah > /dev/lp1
>
> or something to that effect, make a new link to /dev/lp0. Or, do what I
> do, skip /dev/printer and go straight for the device in your printcap.
> fixing a 0 or 1 in printcap is easier (IMHO) than resetting the sym link
> in /dev.
Sean-
I took a look at the device files and /dev/printer is not a symbolic link
to an lp device. Doing a file on it also indicates that it is a socket
and not a character device. Have no idea why the file is a socket.
[flynnmj@spam /dev]$ ls -ltr printer lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 0 May 5 1998 lp0
srw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 20 20:27 printer
[flynnmj@spam /dev]$ file printer lp0
printer: socket
lp0: character special (6/0)
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