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From: marc@sequoia.cray.com (Marc Bouron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Can GCC treat printer like file?
Keywords: gcc
Message-ID: <032147.3514@timbuk.cray.com>
Date: 22 Apr 91 08:37:04 GMT
References: <1991Apr19.200801.26887@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: marc@sequoia.cray.com (Marc Bouron)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
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In article <1991Apr19.200801.26887@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, timothyg@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Timothy Gallivan) writes:
|> 
|> 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.
|> 
There is a standard filename called `PRN:' or `LST:' that you should be able to
use just like any other filename.  TOS recognises this filename and directs the
output to the printer.  For example, you would write fopen("LST:","w").  You'll
need to check yourself which one works... one is standard TOS - the other was a
Lattice special.

[M][a][r][c]


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