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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Request For Information About PC-DOS Spoolers
Message-ID: <945@kontron.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Jul-86 19:42:19 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 23 19:42:19 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 24-Jul-86 05:12:07 EDT
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Organization: Kontron Electronics, Mt. View, CA
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The PRINT command that comes with PC-DOS is real nice, but it has one
deficiency: it has no method of printing a file and waiting for more
data to be put into that file.  What I need is a print spooler that
will:

  1. Start printing a file, and if the file is not completely written
  yet (perhaps flagged with a non-standard EOF marker), wait until more
  data has been appended to the file.
  
  2. Support more than one spooled device.  This is to say, have files
  spooled to a serial port, and have other files spooled to a parallel
  port.
  
I have heard vague rumors about a spooler sold by Persyst or Emulex
that does both of these.  Anyone have any firsthand information on the
subject?

Feel free to followup rather than sending E-mail, since this is probably
a general interest topic.

Clayton E. Cramer