Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!gatech!hao!husc6!mailrus!umix!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stc!idec!camcon!mb From: mb@camcon.uucp (Mike Bell) Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs Subject: Re: v13i019: VN newsreader, 1/88 version, Part01/05 Message-ID: <1231@titan.camcon.uucp> Date: 18 Feb 88 10:27:36 GMT References: <373@fig.bbn.com> Organization: Cambridge Consultants Ltd., Cambridge, UK Lines: 22 From article <373@fig.bbn.com>, by rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz): > Submitted-by: Bob Mcqueer > Posting-number: Volume 13, Issue 19 > Archive-name: vn.jan.88/part01 There is a misfeature in the handling of the PRINTER environment variable (unser Sun/BSD). vn assumes that PRINTER contains the name of a print command (such as /usr/ucb/lpr) However, lpr, enscript, and other print utilities assume that PRINTER is the *name* of a printer (ie. the PRINTER variable is equivalent to the -P option). This causes problems if you are not using the standard printer. The source fixes are fairly obvious. -- --------------- UUCP: ...!ukc!camcon!mb | Cambridge Consultants Ltd -- Mike Bell -- or: mb@camcon.uucp | Science Park, Milton Road --------------- Phone: +44 223 358855 | Cambridge CB4 4DW