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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: What's the return status of a pipeline???
Keywords: lpr,pipe,filter,status
Message-ID: <2492@kappl.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 11 May 89 02:27:50 GMT
References: <186@marvin.moncam.co.uk>
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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harry@moncam.co.uk (Jangling Neck Nipper) writes:
\...
\$BIN/psfilter -b $* | $BIN/lwriter -pI "$LWRITER" $* >>& $acct
\
\#
\# Say what happened
\#
\quit:

This `label command' resets $status to 0.

\set printer_status = $status
\...
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