[Nottingham] stupid question

Jon Masters nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Apr 23 15:23:05 2003


On 23 Apr 2003, Mike wrote:

> can anyone remember how to pipe direct to /dev/lp*
> should this cat file /dev/lp0 work
> 
> or am I completely wrong

cat file >/dev/lp0 will probably work.

I would however suggest "lpr file" with a suitable lpd[0] environment.

Jon.

[0] Or cups or $SOME_SUPER_DOOPER_LPD_REPLACEMENT_HERE