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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:40:51 -0500
From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: lpr for djgpp?
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Lets Go Canes wrote:
> CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
>>> CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>>> Of course there is.  Just type "cat file | sort | lpr", where you
>>>> have written lpr to take input from stdin and deliver it to the
>>>> printer.`
> 
> [...]
> 
>> #include <stdio.h>
>>
>> int main(void) {
>>    int ch;
>>
>>    while (EOF != (ch = getc(stdin))) putc(ch, stdout);
>>    return 0;
>> }
>>
>> should do it.  Exercise it by setting stdout to point to the
>> printer.  Something like "lpr > LPT".
> 
> Maybe I am missing something here, but, doesn't the above program
> just add a null pipe element?  In other words, if the above program
> is called lpr, I don't understand how "cat file | lpr > LPT" is an
> improvement over "cat file > LPT".  Was the intent that more would
> be added to the program ("season to taste")?

Or just "lpr <file >LPT".  Flexibility, man.  Flexibility.

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