On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 05:48:03PM +0200, Mohammed Adnène Trojette wrote: > Indeed. To be exhaustive, one should write a command-line parser that > would affect the options to lp or lpr accordingly to their respective > syntax. > > That is what I try to do with this patch against the script, but only > for the lp -d/lpr -P option, using getopt, from the essential package > util-linux.
It didn't work for me, because apparently here a2ps gives -d to a2ps-lpr-wrapper, instead of -P. I made a new version that accepts both: --- a2ps-lpr-wrapper 2005-01-20 22:47:16.000000000 +0100 +++ a2ps-lpr-wrapper.fg 2005-07-01 11:27:29.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,12 +1,30 @@ -#!/bin/sh +#!/bin/bash # # a2ps-lpr-wrapper - lp/lpr wrapper script for GNU a2ps on Debian # +TEMP=`getopt -o d: -n 'a2ps-lpr-wrapper' -- "$@"` +PRINTER="" + +if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Terminating..." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi + +# Note the quotes around `$TEMP': they are essential! +eval set -- "$TEMP" + +while true ; do + case "$1" in + -d) PRINTER=$2; shift 2; break ;; + -P) PRINTER=$2; shift 2; break ;; + *) echo "usage: a2ps-lpr-wrapper -P [printer] [files]" ; exit 1 ;; + esac +done + # If /usr/bin/lp (from cupsys-client) exists, just use it. if [ -x /usr/bin/lp ]; then - /usr/bin/lp $* + if [ "x$PRINTER" != "x" ]; then d="-d $PRINTER"; else d=""; fi + /usr/bin/lp $d "$@" else # In case /usr/bin/lp is not available, then fall back /usr/bin/lpr. - /usr/bin/lpr $* + if [ "x$PRINTER" != "x" ]; then P="-P $PRINTER"; else P=""; fi + /usr/bin/lpr $P "$@" fi -- Frank Gevaerts [EMAIL PROTECTED] fks bvba - Formal and Knowledge Systems http://www.fks.be/ Stationsstraat 108 Tel: ++32-(0)11-21 49 11 B-3570 ALKEN Fax: ++32-(0)11-22 04 19
