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

James Sharp jsharp at psychoses.org
Mon Jul 15 20:09:02 CDT 2002


> > 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.

Nope.  That wasn't it.  Urgh.


 - James

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