From: Arthur Prince (arthurp@TOTALISE.CO.UK)
Date: Mon Mar 31 2003 - 02:42:56 EST
Yes I am using echo $* but I do not get the -J value
John
>===== Original Message From IBM AIX Discussion List <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
=====
>I hope you are putting this echo command in your printer interface file.
>If such is the case it has to print all the parameters passed to the lpr
>command,
>to /tmp/mylog file.
>
>If, you are not putting this echo statement in interface file, then
>please add this line echo $*, to be the first line of the printer interface
>file.
>
>hope i am not wrong!
>
>regards
>g v raju
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Arthur Prince [mailto:arthurp@TOTALISE.CO.UK]
>Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 8:49 PM
>To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
>Subject: printer backend and lpr
>
>
>I am writing a printer backend script that needs to access all the
>values passed by the lpr command
>
>If in my backend script I do
>
>echo $* >> /tmp/mylog I do not see all the values from the lpr command
>
>e.g.
>
>lpr -s -J "JOHNJOB" -P myqueue /etc/hosts
>
>simply produces
>
>/etc/hosts in /tmp/mylog
>
>Is there anyway for my backend script to access all the lpr
>parameters?
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