Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!grr
From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Problem with printcap: af
Message-ID: <9312@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 12 Jan 90 01:14:36 GMT
References: <15542@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <15542@boulder.Colorado.EDU> mre@ngdc2.colorado.edu (Marcus O. Ertle) writes:
> Help!  My system is a VAX-11/780 running ULTRIX-32 V3.1.  I would
> like to generate accounting for my (LP25) line printer.
...
> Accounting is properly generated for the postscript printer - but
> not for the line printer.  An ls -la of /usr/adm/*.acct gives:

Accounting requires specifying both the accounting file name and a filter
that actually writes to the accounting file.  In the postscript entry you
have if= specified, which is probably doing the trick - select an appropriate
filter for the line printer entry...

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