[plug] Script not working

[Mike Holland]

On Mon, 4 Sep 2000 navarre at plug.linux.org.au wrote:

> Is there a general rule in Linux/unix to not report errors like the one I 
> created or is it normal to die silent and do nothing?

No, of course it isnt normal. Its a design issue in 'gs' - I have had
problems there too. Your mis-typed command was actually valid. The output
would have gone to the default output location, whatever that is. (The man
page doesnt say. Anyone? )  The use of -d and -s is ugly and error-prone.

  Similarly tar defaults to some weird historical oddity for its output,
rather than stdout, which is the more normal unix way.

 
> > > /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dBATCH -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300x300 -dNOPAUSE
> > > -sOutpuFile=\|lpr /home/navarre/print.ps
> 
> > I guess you are aware of the typo in the -sOuputFile parameter.
> 
> > Colin Rothnie
> 

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Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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