The '<' is the input redirection character and the &1 is the first parameter passed into the shell script. It looks like this is trying to pass the first parameter passed into the shell script into the slp -c132 -i0 -n command.
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:42:36 -0500, Brutzman, Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When printing to our legacy Printronix P300 printer on our HP-Ux box, the > UniVerse spooler config is... > > Printer Name : PR0 > Unix PathName : /dev/c1t0d0_lp apparently direct to the > hardware. > Driver : /var/spool/uv/PR0.drvr containing... > > slp -c132 -i0 -n <&1 > cat - > > [slp] set print options for a non-serial printer...ugh > [-c132] 132 columns > [-i0] indent zero > [-n] set page size to infinity > > I need help understanding what the "<&1" does and how it all works with "cat > -". > > That way, perhaps we could get the printer to work as a shared network > device. > > Suggestions would be appreciated. > > --Bill > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
