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From: hughes@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (larry hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Printer accounting and cutoff from UNIX: is it possible?
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Date: 1 Mar 90 20:37:07 GMT
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In article <1156@dutrun.UUCP> ed@duticai.UUCP (Ed de Wild) writes:
>BTW: Why does UNIX have a cutoff for disk usage (quota) but not for 
>printer usage?

Because the system won't crash if the printer runs out of paper,
but it will if it runs out of swap space!

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