Lyle Chapman wrote:
> I have a small script that monitors a particular folder and then
> forwards files for printing, can anybody show me how to suppress error
> messages and only display certain messages like "Looking for files to
> print" and "Files found! Preparing to print" or something along those
> lines and make it loop forever?
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #Looping .pdf script
>
> do
> echo looking for file to print
> lp -d brothers /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A4/*.pdf
> lp -d xeroxq /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A3/*.pdf
> rm /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A4/*.pdf
> rm /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A3/*.pdf
> sleep 15
> done
If the script loops you have to use Ctrl-C to kill it. Instead run it
from a cron job set to every 15 minutes or so.
#!/bin/sh
# Describe here is a few lines exactly what the script does
# Author: Lyle Chapman, Pre-Press Supervisor
# This version: 6th Dec 2003
# TODO - write a log of what has been printed and when.
Source_A$ = "/home/user/workflow/Proofers/A4"
Backup_A4 = "/home/user/workflow/Backup_A4"
echo "looking for A4 files to print"
for files in $Source_A4/*.pdf ; do
lp -d brothers $file
# TODO test the return status of the lp job and move it to the backup
# directory. Clear out the backup directory every few days if the return
# status was OK and no one complained that the printer stufffed up.
mv $file $Backup_A4
done
echo "looking for A3 files to print"
for files in $Source_A3/*.pdf ; do
lp -d xeroxq $file
mv $file $Backup_A3
done
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Michael Lake
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