--- Bo �rsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 January 2006 18:09, maxim wexler > wrote: > > sarawak heathen # unix2dos env-lp-test | lpr -l > > unix2dos: converting file env-lp-test to DOS > format > > ... > > lpr: error - stdin is empty, so no job has been > sent. > > If you look at the man page of unix2dos you find > these examples: > > Get input from stdin and write output to stdout. > unix2dos > > Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace > b.txt. > unix2dos a.txt b.txt > > This means that unix2dos will only print results to > stdout if no arguments are > given and the input will then be taken from stdin. > So when you give a file as > an argument the output of unix2dos will be printed > to that file. What you > have to type to print the results to lpr is hence: > > # cat env-lp-test | unix2dos | lpr -l > > /Bo Nice try. But no change: the printer makes some noise, loads a sheet of paper then the trouble light starts blinking. Except now the error_log is not updating itself! FWIW, the printer does work from winXP. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
