[geeks] Am I a complete idiot or...

[Dave McGuire]

On July 15, James Sharp wrote:
> should this /etc/printcap entry SUPRESS the banner page that I keep
> getting?
> 
> hp|Laser Printer:\
>        :lp=lp:rm=printer2.psychoses.org:sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\
>        :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:rp=text:sh
> 
> I've tried sh, sh=false, sh=true, sh=fuckmeuptheass and restarted lpd more
> times than any human should have to.

  It's just "sh"...true/false values in printcap are done with the
presence of absence of the variable in the entry.  Also try following
the last entry with a ":"...I don't know if the code that parses the
printcap file requires it, but I've never seen one without it.

       -Dave

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