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Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 11:11:07 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Setting default printer in startup scripts
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On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 10:00:01AM +0100, David Kilroy wrote:
> # Define default printer
> if [ $OS = Windows_NT ]; then
>   PRINTER=`regtool get '\user\Software\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Device'|sed 's?\([^,]*\),.*?\1?g'`
> else
>   PRINTER=`regtool get
> '\config\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\Default'`
> fi
> 
> Note: I haven't tested the above much. It works on my NT box with a network
> printer, and I've verified an ME box has the appropriate registry entry.

The backslashes are somewhat dangerous since they get evaluated as
special characters.  Why not use forward slashes instead?  regtool
supports them as registry key separator.

Corinna

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