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From: timothyg@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Timothy Gallivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Can GCC treat printer like file?
Keywords: gcc
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Date: 19 Apr 91 20:08:01 GMT
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Hi, here is a question for a real C guru.

Does anyone know if gcc can treat the printer like a file? That is,
obtain a file descriptor for the printer (fd=fopen(stdprn,..), or
something like that), and then write to it using fwrite(...,fd) or
putc(fd). I am aware of the TOS print routines, but I am trying to
port some MSDOS code which treats the printer like a file. The port
will be easier if I cam mimic this in gcc.

-Tim Gallivan
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois
timothyg@ncsa.uiuc.edu