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From: jaap+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Missing laser printer log output
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Date: 21 Mar 89 22:54:42 GMT
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> However .. when we upgraded to SunOS 4.0, lpd had changed. Under SunOS4.0
> the "if" filter is no longer spawned with its stderr attached to the log file
> specified in the printcap.

This is standard behaviour of the 4.3 spooler. It is easier that way, because
the log file can grow large and over flow your discs.

> Can anyone explain what happens to the contents of this file?
The file is removed, so the contents is gone.

> I hacked the transcript psif script to explicitly route its stderr to the
> log file. This is only a script, so you don't need source to do that.
Another way to do this is to link a file using ln(1) to the error file after it
gets created. Then, when the error file get zapped, you still can get to its
contents. The added benefit is that you don't need to change anything at all.

        jaap