The
utility is a front-end to the print spooler as required by the
St -p1003.2
specification.
It effectively invokes
lpr(1)
with the proper set of arguments.
It generally prints the named files on the destination printer.
The following options are available:
-c
Make the
command exit only after further access to any of the input files is no
longer required.
The application can then safely delete or modify the
files without affecting the output operation.
-d dest
Specify a particular printer.
If no
-d
is provided on the command line, the contents of the environment
variables
LPDEST
or
PRINTER
(with this precedence)
are taken as the destination printer.
-n num
Specify that
num
copies of each of the named files shall be printed.
-o option
Printer specific options.
Not supported, provided only as a compatibility
option for SVR.
-s
Silent operation.
Not supported,
provided only as a compatibility option for
St -susv2 .
ENVIRONMENT
As described above, the variables
LPDEST
and
PRINTER
are examined to select the destination printer.
The
command is expected to comply with the
St -p1003.2
specification.
AUTHORS
This implementation of the
command has been written by
An J:org Wunsch .
BUGS
The
St -p1003.2
specification does not provide any means to print non-text files.
It
rather requires the files to be printed to be text files limited to
reasonable line lengths and printable characters.
