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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: vms vs unix
Message-ID: <5891@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 26-May-87 22:31:36 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 26 22:31:36 1987
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <3680018@nucsrl.UUCP> ram@nucsrl.UUCP (Renu Raman) writes:
-	  Instead of re-running troff, if I could just respool it to printer
-	  queue of LaserY,  I would save lots of CPU time
-	  as well as cribs from other users (Imagine a 300 page troff)
-	  Any suggestions, as to how this could be done on say BSD4.3?

Yes, run MDQS (available free from BRL) or some other decent spooler
instead of the antique you seem to have.

This isn't a UNIX-vs-VMS issue, unless you assume that (as in VMS)
system utility software cannot be easily replaced.