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From: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu ( ISR group account)
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Subject: Re: Why use the PostScript command 'exitserver'?
Message-ID: <2324@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 2 Mar 90 15:04:46 GMT
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Reply-To: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account)
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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It's been a couple of years since I've looked at the Adobe Postscript
Manual, (in Inside LW), but I'm pretty sure Adobe warns you not to
use exitserver unless you know what your doing, NOT just not to use it.
There are some very good uses for it. This instruction causes the current
job to end, but keeps the interpreter running, so whatever changes you
now make are to the permament state of the machine. (like changing
EEROM values). I don't know specifically why  your MAC had sent it, but
I woudn't be alarmed. 


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Mike Schechter, Computer Engineer,Institute Sensory Research, Syracuse Univ.
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