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From: gls@novavax.UUCP (Gary Schaps)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: lpr output filters
Message-ID: <1159@novavax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Apr 89 11:11:14 GMT
References: <1158@novavax.UUCP> <48300020@hcx3>
Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
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In article <48300020@hcx3>, shirono@hcx3.SSD.HARRIS.COM writes:
> 
> **> comp.unix.wizards  gls@novavax.UUCP  Apr  6, 1989 <**
> > Does it seem reasonable to try to create an lpr output filter which 
> > selectively prevents certain files from being printed?
> 
> What's the point?  You could simply do "cat <file> | lpr".  The output
> filter would then know only that the input comes from stdin.  

I would like to "protect" certain files by making them "view only". 

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